My 9 year old son just informed us that the children who voted in

[Ilsa]

the Weekly Reader election correctly predicted the outcome for the 2008 presidential election. Obama won over 54% of the vote in their election.

Great article for the kids. Discussed reasons why Obama won, including unemployment, struggling economy, etc. Gave good information on Barack Obama's biography.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

1. God,The Weekly Reader is still around????

[Ilsa]

2. Yep! I was afraid most of DU was going to ask me what the WR is! nt

[Hippo_Tron]

5. I'm 21 and we had Weekly Reader in elementary school

So us younger folks should be familiar with it.

[RC]

6. I'm 64 and I had the Weekly Reader in grade school.

I think Johannes Gutenberg started it to help pay for his invention.

[Bobbieo]

3. Think I was in the 3rd or 4th grade when the Weekly Reader

was first published. I remember the teachers making a really big deal out of it. Let's see that was in 1931-32.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

4. I remember it too ---I war born in 1932. Thought I was the oldest

DUer----guess I'm not.

[Ecumenist]

7. I was born in 1964 and I remember it ....

Almost 45 years old.