Connecticut Kids Have Voted And It’s Clear Who They Want to be President

If kids could vote, they would elect Hillary Clinton to be the 45th president of the United States. That's according to the results of a Scholastic poll of around 153,000 kids from kindergarten through 12th grade by online and mail-in ballot. Clinton received 52 percent of the vote, compared to Donald Trump's 35 percent. Thirteen percent of kids voted for somebody else.

In Connecticut, the vote mirrored the national vote with kids choosing Clinton 55 percent to just 32 percent for Trump.

Trump does very well with children in West Virginia garnering 65 percent of the vote to just 25 percent for Clinton. In California it’s no contest as 71 percent of children pick Clinton and just 19 percent select Trump.

Scholastic was sure to clarify, though, that the poll is "not based on a scientifically designed sample of the student population." Instead, "It is an educational activity meant to give students an opportunity to express their opinions about the 2016 presidential election."

That doesn't mean the results should necessarily be taken lightly. Since 1940, Scholastic's kids poll has correctly predicted all but two of the presidential elections The kids missed 1948's win for Harry S. Truman and 1960's victory for John F. Kennedy.

Click here to see the full results of the survey, including a state-by-state breakdown.

In a press release, Scholastic also included quotes from kids who voted for each candidate.

“I voted for Hillary because she will be the first woman president,” a sixth grade student in Arizona said. "Hillary is showing all women young or old you can do anything."

A Georgia fifth-grader said he voted for Trump, "because he would be good for business.”

This unscientific kids poll isn't too far off from researched polls of actual voters. In the RealClearPolitics average of major national polls, Clinton is leading Trump by 6.2 points.

Image via Scholastic

Written By Marc Torrence (Patch National Staff) with an assist by Brian McCready