Kids Pick Kerry to Be the Next President

[Thrill]

NEW YORK - Kid power! Democrat John Kerry is the winner, and the rest of the country should pay attention because the vote on Nickelodeon's Web site has correctly chosen the president of the United States in the past four elections.

Nearly 400,000 children and teens voted, and the results were released Wednesday. Kerry received 57 percent of the vote; President Bush (news - web sites) got 43 percent.

Nickelodeon has been airing information on the Nov. 2 election, plus sponsoring debates where kids could put forth their views on the environment, the war in Iraq and terrorism. Some animated shows on the cable channel also have been focusing on the election.

Linda Ellerbee, who writes and hosts "Nick News," says their voting usually reflects their parents' views — but not all the time.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041020/ap_en_tv/nickelodeon_president&cid=494&ncid=1963&sid=96378798

[DrFunkenstein]

1. I Think This Is The First Internet Campaign

So we may not have an entirely accurate outcome, unless there was some sort of vetting system. If Bush won, I'd just consider it Freeped.

[displacedtexan]

2. My daughter voted against Dukakis in that poll because...

she thought he looked too much like Mr. Rogers, and she thought Mr. Rogers should be teaching kids instead of being president.

Interesting logic. She was seven.

[aden_nak]

3. Kids have common sense & know the Pres should speak better than they do.

[Cha]

4. Am I wrong to remember that the

kids picked bush four years ago?

[mcg]

5. Rated it a 5, emailed it

[mrgorth]

6. My 6 year old son

(Bucks County) says he and his whole class are voting for John Kerry. I told him I'm taking him to the inaugeration(sp?).