Barack Obama wins the (very) young vote
Senator Barack Obama has won the vote as the children's choice for the next President of the US.
Over 2.2 million kids voted online in the Nickelodeon 'Pick the President' poll with 51% of the vote, 1,167,087 opting for Obama.
49% or 1,129,945 viewers of the kids TV channel picked McCain ... but only after they were told they could not vote for Spongebob Squarepants.
The poll has been conducted every election year since 1988, and kids have correctly predicted the winner in four out of the last five U.S. presidential campaigns, even they could see Bush shouldn't have got a second term.
"Nickelodeon has a long history of empowering kids and providing them with an opportunity to voice their opinions," said Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group.
"The Kids Pick the President campaign has introduced them to the voting process, and hopefully will make them want to be active participants when they are old enough to vote."
Linda Ellerbee, the host of Nick News added: "It's important to take note of who won the ‘Kids’ Vote,’ simply because so many kids vote the way their parents will. But what really counts is this: they participated in democracy. They voted. How can this be anything but good?"
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