By Selwyn Duke
The most interesting presidential poll of all doesn’t go by the name of Rasmussen, Zogby or Gallup but, believe it or not, Nickelodeon. Every year the children’s TV station has its young viewers weigh in on who they would choose for president, and they have picked the winner four of the last five presidential elections.
Nickelodeon’s poll is interesting for a number of reasons. First, it involves a very large sample, over two million little respondents this year. Second, young children (not teenagers) tend to reflect their parents beliefs. These two factors make such a poll very significant.
So whom did they choose? They chose Barack Obama, but, while that isn’t surprising, it gets more interesting still.
The margin was extremely narrow, 51 percent to 49, which raises the question of why polling of adults gives Obama a wider lead. My theory about this pertains to honesty, to the effects of political correctness. What I mean is, the ploy of accusing whites who don’t support Obama of "racism" is so common, logic dictates that some small percentage of adult John McCain supporters would be reluctant to voice their choice to pollsters. The kids, however, feel less such pressure (I won’t say none given that some Republican children have been harrassed in the propaganda mills euphemistically known as "schools") and, more significantly, cast their votes anonymously, just as their parents will in November.
Moreover, if the children are deviating from their parents’ choices at all, it’s probably in Obama’s direction. After all, the schools are rife with leftist ideology, and, since most teachers favor the Illinois senator, some students will reflect this as well. Also remember that many children think Obama is "cool" for the same reason they think black NBA players are so: They have been so exposed to hip-hop garbage culture — which is portrayed as hip — that they now associate being white with being nerdy being black as the gold standard. By the way, as an example of what I’m talking about, I know a couple that is supporting McCain but whose ten-year-old son likes Obama. (This is why some democrats have proposed granting voting rights to 14-year-olds.)
On the other hand, however, another factor in the poll may favor McCain. Nickelodeon is a cable station; thus, one would have to think that minorities in big cities — who support Obama, are expected to vote in unprecedented numbers but are somewhat less likely to have cable — may be underrepresented.
I suppose that many Republicans will find a poll with such a track record disheartening, but, it should be pointed out that it was wrong the last time around; that year the children chose John Kerry by a wide margin.
Having said this, I’ve long believed it would take a minor miracle for McCain to win. Obama is a fairly slick demagogue, reads a teleprompter better than the average political schlub, and has the perfidious, deceitful mainstream media shaping public opinion 24/7 in his favor. Moreover, I expect there will be voter fraud this election of unprecedented proportions. But we shall see.
Oh, one last thing.
Get out and vote.
That is, unless you’re one of the people who leave critical comments at this site. To you, I’d like to point out that your one vote doesn’t really matter, anyway.
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