It's all over, folks. You can all go home. Barack Obama has been selected the next president of the United States. At least, according 250,000 kids.
As you know, I believe the children are our future. We should give them the right to vote and let them lead the way. And they have spoken thusly: Barack Obama won the Scholastic Presidential Election Poll with 57 percent of the vote, to 39 percent for John McCain.
You may be saying to yourself, "So what? Shouldn't these brats be busy working to pay for my retirement?" And you'd be right. But the Poll is a tradition. And more than a little prophetic. According to the self-promoting folks at Scholastic News Online:
"Since 1940, the results of the student vote have mirrored the outcome of the general election all but twice: In 1948, kids voted for Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman. In 1960, more students voted for Richard M. Nixon than for John F. Kennedy."Man, the kids in America are totally in the tank for Obama. Talk about bias.
Also of note: Four percent of the vote went to write-in candidates, including Stephen Colbert, Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. But three guys can't share the office of president, even if they are totally dreamy with flat-ironed hair. But the candidate who got the most write-in votes? Hillary Clinton. Give it up, kids!
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