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| Weekly Reader kids select Bush in Presidential Poll |
| 2004-11-01 |
| The students who read Weekly Reader's magazines have made their preference for President known: they want to send President Bush back to the White House. The results of this year's Weekly Reader poll have just been announced, and the winner is President Bush. Hundreds of thousands of students participated, giving the Republican President more than 60% of the votes cast and making him a decisive choice over Democratic Senator John Kerry. Since 1956, Weekly Reader students have correctly picked the president 11 out of 12 times, making the Weekly Reader poll one of the most accurate predictors of presidential outcomes in history. President Bush was a strong winner in the student poll; the only state Senator Kerry won was Maryland. Senator Kerry was also in a statistical dead heat with President Bush in New York, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and Vermont. President Bush won most grades, although Senator Kerry did win among tenth-graders. ...more... including link to results... Kids. Cool. Except the boneheaded HS Sophs - ah, those last days on the Mom & Dad dole... Part-time jobs and responsibility are the cure. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #5 HS sophs are at that difficult age where parents aren't that cool. Voting for Skerry is a way of rebelling. The PC crowd in public education (?) tries to fill HS students' heads with mush. In fact, I think a lot of the Demos are adolescents in their thinking. They practice the 3 Rs--rowdiness, rebellion, and rancor. The Weekly reader kids most likely reflect parent views--they have not been corrupted yet. It seems to me that in the past the Weekly Reader voting has accurately reflected the outcome of many elections. We can hope!!!! |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2004-11-01 5:53:08 PM |
| #4 Kerry won for 10th graders. That would be the sophomores. Definition of sophomore: foolishly wise Coincidence? I think not. |
| Posted by: manhattanite for bush 2004-11-01 5:44:22 PM |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-11-01 4:58:51 PM |
| #2 Another good sign is voter participation was up over 20% in this poll. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-11-01 2:25:53 AM |
| #1 Obviously, I hope adults are as smart. BTW only about 2,100 out of 327,000 voters were 10th graders. |
| Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American 2004-11-01 2:24:50 AM |