Kids on Elections! Every year, teacher Mike Wilson of Ballwin, Missouri, has
his elementary-school students study the presidential election process in
America. Wilson has culled some gems of youthful insight and wisdom.
-Calling a person a runner-up is the polite way of saying you lost.
-It is possible to get the majority of electoral votes without getting the
majority of popular votes. Anyone who can ever understand how this works
gets to be president.
-The president has the power to appoint and disappoint the member of his
cabinet.
-Much has been said about balancing the budget. It has been found that the
budget is more talkable than balanceable.
-Actually, elections are different from politics. Elections come and go
while politics are with us all the time.
-The winning candidate is elected and inoculated.
-The nominees are usually called candidates or campaigners although I have
heard them called other things.
-An overwhelming favorite is a candidate who often comes over to the
convention and whelms the delegate.
-Noncommittal is to be able to talk and talk without saying anything.
-A split ticket is when you don't like any of them on the ticket so you tear
it up.
-Universal suffrage means that even the illegible get to vote.
--Via Simon Says
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