If children were hitting the polls today, the election outcome would be clear.
In the "Every Kids Votes" program sponsored by Studies Weekly, a Salt Lake City company that publishes textbooks in the form of newspapers and magazines, children ages 6 to 12 overwhelmingly chose Barack Obama for president, according a press release from the company. Almost 1 million children from all 50 states participated in the voting activity, in which they learned about both candidates, as well as their voting rights and responsibilities, before casting a ballot.
The young "voters" chose Obama with 473,919 votes to 333,092 votes for John McCain, the company reported. The map below shows the distribution by state. It will be interesting to see how much the actual election results reflect these children's preference.
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