Nickelodeon's eerily accurate kids' poll picks the next president | nick kids pick the presidentnick kids pick the president
If the alone bodies voting on Tuesday were kids, Hillary Clinton would become the nation's president. Or so say the after-effects of Nickelodeon's "Kids Pick the President" initiative, area adolescent admirers are encouraged to vote for who they would accept for their leader.
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Donald J. Trump 411 | Kids Pick the President | Nick - YouTube | nick kids pick the presidentAnd usually, the applicant called in this challenge is the actuality who becomes president. "Kids Pick the President" has accurately predicted the aftereffect of every acclamation but one back 1988. In 2004, kids best John Kerry over George W. Bush, who was active for his additional term.
This year, 905,928 kids (or bodies who said they are kids) voted online. On Saturday night, Nickelodeon appear the results: 53 percent chose Clinton, 26 percent chose Donald Trump and 11 percent chose Libertarian applicant Gary Johnson.
In the past, candidates from both abandon of the aisle, including Barack Obama and George W. Bush, accept answered questions from kids and encouraged them to vote in Nickelodeon's apish election. But there was no accord from Trump or Clinton this year. Instead, Nickelodeon created videos to brainwash admirers about anniversary candidate's history, ancestors activity and platforms. The videos were overwhelmingly absolute and backward abroad from arguable issues. The arrangement told kids Trump "did a ton of air-conditioned things." As a voiceover listed off anniversary of Trump's qualifications, a pint-sized amateur appeared on awning to acknowledge with awe.
He "worked in absolute estate" - Cool! - "Built casinos"- Wow! - "Was a TV star" - Impressive!
["993.28"]Clinton additionally "did a ton of air-conditioned things," the video said, including actuality aboriginal lady, a agent and secretary of state, "and she alike won a Grammy!" (The recording of her audiobook, "It Takes a Village," becoming the bays in 1997.)
In the video answer the third-party applicant Gary Johnson, Nickelodeon didn't call Johnson's accomplishments or any of his action views. The blow artlessly explained what it takes to be acceptable to run for admiral and what a third-party applicant is. So it's cogent that Johnson - who was polling at four percent in the latest Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll - pulled 11 percent of the kids' vote.
On Wednesday, Nickelodeon will apperceive if it can affirmation addition authentic anticipation by kids. Until then, the arrangement is auspicious admirers to appoint in capitalism with voting-themed episodes of its accepted shows, including "Henry Danger" and "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn." And online, kids can annal through questions for the abutting admiral that accept been submitted by their peers. The queries accommodate advantageous acumen into what the country is cerebration in the final canicule afore the election:
"Do you affliction about kids?"
["3766.51"]"What do you anticipate about wars?"
"What are you activity to do about poverty?"
"Are you absolutely gonna advice the country?"
Or bigger yet, the questions ability assure you that alike in the bosom of this cool election, kids are still actuality kids:
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