Posted on 10/14/2008 7:14:47 PM PDT by Publius804
Kid Poll Correct for 40 Years Picks Obama
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:22 PM
The votes are in and student voters have spoken: Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama is the winner of the 2008 Scholastic Election Poll, with 57% of the vote over Republican contender Senator John McCain, who received 39% of the student vote. The poll, conducted every four years through Scholastic classroom magazines like Scholastic News® and Junior Scholastic® and online at Scholastic News Online (www.scholastic.com/news), is an educational activity that gives children too young to go to the polls themselves the opportunity to cast their vote for President. A quarter of a million students from across the country participated in the Scholastic Election Poll.
Since 1940, the results of the student vote in the Scholastic Election Poll (online voting was added in 2000) have mirrored the outcome of the general election, except twice: in 1948 when students chose Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman and in 1960 when more students voted for Richard M. Nixon than John F. Kennedy. In 2000, student voters chose George W. Bush, mirroring the Electoral College result but not the result of the popular vote.
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Devil or angel, I can't make up my mind Which one you are I'd like to wake up and find Devil or angel dear, whichever you are I miss you, I miss you, I mi-i-iss you
Never mind, I thought it was the Weekly Reader Poll, too. Jumped to conclusions...
I could have sworn they went for Kerry last time. And we got to hear about how they are never wrong then too......
Well... YES! Duh.
Or if you prefer, salve for those insecure souls that need reassurance, ala Barbara Bush citing Reader's Digest kids poll choosing Bush Sr as the winner over Clinton in 1992.
"And you know, they've never been wrong before"
sigh.
That's EXACTLY what it is. The aim is to make it seem like Obama is such a foregone conclusion that Republicans needn't bother to vote at all.
Of course, this can easily backfire. If the LibBots think their man has it, they are likely to just hang around doing bong hits in their parents' basements on Election Day.
Teachers frequently are not the sharpest blades in the drawer.
Lol- you made me laugh even with this nasty cold.
The only question is, are there more adults than there are commies, Kollege Kiddies, limousine liberals, blacks, and of course corpses, cartoon characters and felons registered by ACORN?
My son's teacher just sent an e-mail yesterday of a plan to help him with his reading:
Tuesday: Mom or Dad altrinate reading a sentence with "my son's name"
Wednesday: Mom or Dad altriante reading a page and "my son's name" reads a page.
Looks like they were wrong last election, too.
I thought I remember them picking Bush over Clinton in 92.
I wonder how many kids that used to take the poll in class aren’t there anymore because they are being homeschooled.
Wow! Not surprising though - teachers & social workers - the dumbest professionals who can do the most damage.
Thats why we don’t let ‘em vote.
I distinctly remember Bush winning in ‘92 but perhaps that was the Weekly Reader poll. Sounds like this is not the same. I remember a Democrat coworker saying “I am NOT happy with the Weekly Reader poll this year.” Too bad she was happy with the real election results.
You see the state votes in this Scholastic poll though? Interesting results. McCain wins CO with 61%! He trails in OH and PA by just 2 and 4 points I think.
I remember participating in one of those kiddie elections and the teacher was so upset with the way my friends and I voted for a conservative that she disallowed our votes.
Some woman’s magazine has a cookie contest every year that supposedly predicts the President and has been right every time. The wives of the candidates submit cookie recipes, the readers try the recipes and vote for the best one. Supposedly, the husband of the woman who submitted the winning cookie has always gone to the White House. Are they doing that again this year, I wonder?
This scared me when I saw it. I pray it is not so.
This year, as in 2000 and 2004, the student election is being conducted in conjunction with the noted polling organization, Zogby International.
Last update: 11:08 a.m. EDT Sept. 18, 2008
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