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[–] zenharbinger@lemmy.world 270 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

48% of these kids frighten me.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 228 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nah, it's just kids parroting their parents views. I did the same thing as a child, and I'm about as far left as you can get as an adult.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well in that case, 48% still frightens me.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Don't worry. It all comes down to the hands of like 100k voters in a few random swing states.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 206 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But was that enough to win the Nickelodeon's Kids Electoral College?

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 112 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It wouldn't be an electoral college in this case. It would be an electoral... middle school?

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 weeks ago

Take your upvote and leave.

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're still looking into it. There is currently some debate about some 'hanging Cheetos' and they're going to ask Mom and Dad to clarify some wording.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Helga Pataki* is demanding they recount Florida

*No I cannot make a more current Nickelodeon reference

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 174 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That 48% makes me so fucking sad...

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 98 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

It’s mostly kids mimicking their parents feelings. Which is not the MOST sad. But still not great.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think this is much sadder than just the parents thinking like this. Kids should get to be kids and start their lives unencumbered by their parents' hatred and bitterness.

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[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Had some people in a duel enrollment (collage level) class tell me last Friday that they'd vote for trump because "he's an asshole but I like his policies"

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't worry, at the collage level they're just bringing a bunch of pictures together

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

"What policies?"

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[–] Intergalactic@lemmy.world 113 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

48% to Trump is embarrassing. This country is failing our children.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately kids parrot the hate and political leanings of their parents until they grow older at least

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Can confirm. Had a 16 year old work part time with me for a few weeks over the summer. Pretty cool kid, but yeah... Trump came up a couple times and both times he just repeated the bullshit that he'd heard from his parents. Sad shit.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Really shows where the problem lies. Indoctrination. Results not much different than the national poll.

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 105 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

When Harris wins she needs to weaponize the military against the children who chose Trump. It's only fair.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine the shitstorm if she would've said that instead of Trump.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine the shit storm of she wasn't completely on-the-ball at every second of the campaign.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 70 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Pick_the_President

"Since 1988, Kids Pick the President has accurately predicted the winner of each election with the exceptions of the 2004 and 2016 presidential elections."

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 96 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, those two are not good ones to get wrong.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it was 2000 and 2016 I'd be more concerned

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe a little, but not much

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In 2016 the kids favored Clinton by 17 points (36% Trump to 53% Clinton)

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those kids should have voted 3rd party instead of picking one of those two fascists.

/s

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They includes 3rd parties in 2016, but did not in 2020 and 2024, hence the different margins. And the 3rd party they included was of the Republican spoiler type rather than the Democratic spoiler type

They had way higher third party votes in their poll than actually occured - and the third party votes in 2016 were higher than usual (helping trump narrowly win in 2016)

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Well, that's scary.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Watch this be correct and nickelodeon replaces Nate Silver as the new polling god.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Losing candidate gets slimed.

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So, now we know why the conservatives are so hell-bent on defunding the education system In America…

It’s for votes!

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)
[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100% of kids are dumb, 48% of them have Republican parents.

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[–] antaymonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

100% of kids are dumb. So far.

[–] Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

While I tend to agree, the only political news I got before I was 18 came from whatever news my parents had on the TV after dinner.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What kind of f-ed up kid votes for Trump?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 weeks ago

The kind whose parents watch media that demonizes the Democrats.

[–] ECB@feddit.org 20 points 2 weeks ago

This is 90% just a proxy for how their parents will vote.

Its only a very small portion of kids that age who are going to have substantially different views than their parents (not that they don't exist!)

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Parents voting or telling the kids how to vote.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

So close? Sad.

[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks to the electoral elementary, Trump still wins another term in the principals office.

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Remember it's beneficial for the media when it's 50/50. Either by only promoting those stories or by skewing the numbers

[–] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Well, at least we're consistently awful

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump is still kind of a meme candidate, so I think a lot of it might be that. Kamala is obviously better to someone that knows but she's also "boring"

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