If it were up to South Florida public school students to decide the winner of the presidential election, they, too, would have put Barack Obama in the White House.
Of about 67,000 students who cast ''ballots'' in Broward, an overwhelming 76 percent chose Obama.
In Miami-Dade, of nearly 81,000 kids who voted, Obama won by an even greater margin: 79 percent.
Broward students in general favored Democrats in all the races they voted in, including Continue reading »
Is the lesson of taking your kids to vote worth the effort?
I have been planning all along to take my kids to vote with me and now the long lines are scaring me to death!
| Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 06:01 AM
I’ve packed the Play-Doh, the coloring books and crayons, Mad Libs and most importantly the ring lollipops — I’m ready to go vote with my kids. I think.
I have been planning all along to take all three children (7, Continue reading »
What will get you to the polls Nov. 4?
The hope of lower taxes, better health care, a stronger foreign policy or offshore oil drilling? To stop cloning or permit medicinal pot?
Maybe it's all of that, and more.
But I'd submit that the most compelling reason to vote next Tuesday is to secure the future for our children, to make sure their lives and choices are better than the ones we face right now.
Here in Michigan, that vote couldn't be more Continue reading »
Though they're too young to vote, that's not stopping kids at
from having a voice in the election.
Meet the middle-school pundits.
"It turned from this little classroom song, that we're just trying to learn about the issues between the both candidates, into something where the whole world is interested in hearing what we have to say," said Jordan Brown, 12.
"We actually got invited to perform it at a Coca Cola event and we didn't even know Continue reading »