How many professionals have this record?
Since 1940, student voters have accurately chosen all but two presidents.
Details are below the fold.
What kind of poll is this?
The election poll, conducted through paper ballots found in Scholastic’s classroom magazines and online at Scholastic News Online, was open to all elementary, middle and high school students across the United States. The poll opened at the start of the school year and closed on Oct. 10. Most voters were in the third through eighth grades and ranged in age from about 8 to about 13.
The national horserace?
In a poll of a quarter of a million students who are too young to vote, Democratic nominee Barack Obama sailed to victory with 57 percent of the vote while Republican nominee John McCain received 39 percent.
Some State numbers?
Obama swept both his home state and McCain’s, garnering 67 percent of the vote in Illinois and 54 percent in Arizona. McCain received 30 percent of the vote in Illinois and 42 percent in Arizona.
Here is a look at how students voted for McCain and Obama in key swing states:
* Colorado: McCain, 61 percent; Obama, 36 percent
* Florida: McCain, 41 percent; Obama, 55 percent
* Indiana: McCain, 51 percent; Obama, 47 percent
* Iowa: McCain, 48 percent; Obama, 49 percent
* Michigan: McCain, 40 percent; Obama, 57 percent
* Missouri: McCain, 49 percent; Obama, 47 percent
* Ohio: McCain, 47 percent; Obama, 51 percent
* Pennsylvania: McCain, 46 percent; Obama, 50 percent
When were the kids wrong?
The two off-base years were 1948, when students picked Thomas Dewey over Harry Truman, and 1960, when they chose Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy.
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This adds new meaning to "a vote for McCain is a vote against the kids."
I can not wait to see the handwringing over this poll. ;)