Students Elect President Obama in 2012 Scholastic Student Vote

[lonestarnot]

Source: Sacramento Bee

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly a quarter of a million students across the country cast their ballots, and the results are in: President Barack Obama is the winner of the 2012 Scholastic Student Vote, with a 6% lead over Republican candidate Mitt Romney. The Student Vote is conducted every four years through paper ballots in Scholastic Classroom Magazines, and through online voting at www.scholastic.com/election. The vote is an opportunity for students to learn about the candidates and the issues surrounding the Presidential Election and then cast their own vote. (Video and photos of students voting is available for download here.)
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100907/SCHOLASTICLOGO )
Final results:
Barack Obama 51%
Mitt Romney 45%
Other 4%

Students who voted for "Other," wrote in Republicans such as Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, John McCain and Paul Ryan. Additional write-ins included Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the occasional "my mom" or "my dad."

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/16/4915274/students-elect-president-obama.html#storylink=cpy

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/16/4915274/students-elect-president-obama.html

---

Kid know!

[glowing]

1. And if I can remember correctly, they normally

choose the correct winner. Influence from their homes and their perception from images on their TV screen give an idea on how the household of the children are thinking in general.

And the 7/11 coffee cup choice shows Obama in the lead.

Let's face it, Romney comes off as a total Plutocrat and Lyin Ryan looks like he's lying every time he opens his mouth.

No one gets warm fuzzy feelings over Romney.

[JDPriestly]

4. As a voter said to me yesterday, a voter who did not know whether he was Republican

or Democrat and didn't know the difference, "Romney's the one who is for the rich, isn't he?"

That's all you need to know. Romney is the one for the rich. Every school kid can understand that.

With much gratitude to the person who got the tape of Romney talking about the 47%.

And also, much gratitude to Occupy Wall Street for making it very clear to average Americans that big business is not on the side of "us people."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Since 1940, except for two Presidential elections, the SP vote has accurately predicted the winner.

1948 and 1960 they got wrong.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1856094_1856096_1856111,00.html

[glowing]

6. The one that picked John Kerry weren't wrong.

OH vote was stolen in election night by computer rigging.. The man who helped died in a small plane crash before testifying.

[LittleGirl]

12. +1

[nolabear]

3. Really good news, for now and the future!

They cannot hold back the tide!

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Only six % over that robot plutocrat?

Oh well, we'll take the win

Thanks kids. Now remember to get every Democrat you know to, well, you know, vote.

[John2]

7. This is a good Omen.

Look at the North Carolina vote. It is that close in North Carolina. I would not be suprised if parents voted the same way in North Carolina.

[John2]

8. This map is interesting.

The map is interesting, with the exception of South Carolina and Virginia. It looks like the Blue and Red State divide. In some Red States Romney won by a large margin. In the Blue States except North Carolina, Obama won by large margins. It looks almost similar to 2008. South Carolina hasn't been Polled in a while and the last Poll was close. Could South Carolina be a surprise? They do have a large African American population in that State. They have had problems with voter suppression by the GOP.

[elleng]

9. Student mock election has mirrored outcome of every general election but two since 1940.

[ejpoeta]

10. my 13 year old 'voted'. She said she lined up with obama on most things.

except a couple she didn't really care about.... social security being one. I tried to explain to her why she should care about social security. I said, who do you think is going to have to take care of me when I get old if there is no social security... you are, Emily. She didn't engage too much. I don't blame her really.... she is 13. She's not thinking about old age right now. But at least she lines up with obama.

[lonestarnot]

14. Smart kid that Emily!

[AspenRose]

11. My oldest (age 7) said that he would vote for Obama

because Romney would kill Medicare and Medicaid, and that he didn't think it was right to take aid away from old and poor people. And that he didn't want his own grandparents to do without.

This in a home where my husband & I cancel out each other's votes.

(Granted, my kid knows about Medicare and Medicaid because I'm a social worker, but still)

The kids know who is trustworthy and who isn't.

[lonestarnot]

15. You're doing a good job AspenRose!

Your kids will turn out just fine.

[rainbow4321]

13. Love their map...Mittens "won" in TX by ONLY ONE percentage point

Mittens: 49%
POTUS: 48%
Other: 1%

What I would give to see us even go "just" purple on Election Day.

[lonestarnot]

16. AZ is about to elect a Democratic Senator. Looooooking good!