The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

As a completely side question. If elementary school minds are not yet ready to be exposed to political debate,...

In elementary school I took part in a program called something like "Kids Vote". It was during the '88 election campaign (4th grade for me). We discussed the process of primaries and elections, we talked about the candidates, we either debated or read debate material on a few issues, and it all culminated with a huge "caucus" at Universal Studios (when they had the An American Tail play area thing) where we heard speeches and voted. It was awesome.