{"id":158,"date":"2008-10-24T17:59:21","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T08:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seanmisen.com\/?p=158&amp;language=en"},"modified":"2008-10-24T17:59:21","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T08:59:21","slug":"early-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanholland.net\/seanmisen\/america\/early-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Partly to further purpose of cultural education and internationalization, and partly as an outlet for my electoral frustrations, I had the 3rd graders at Saroma Junior High vote for the US President yesterday.\u00a0 The 14-15 year old rural northern Japan demographic could turn this election.\u00a0 First, I handed them an information sheet, which introduced the two candidates as well as new words.\u00a0 Party, Age, Family, Hobbies, Slogan.\u00a0 I left out policy matters.\u00a0 Even if the English wasn&#8217;t too difficult, I doubted they would much care.\u00a0 Then they did a fill-in-the-blank paragraph using the new words they had learned.\u00a0 After, we spent 15 minutes watching some campaign commercials from both sides (stupid ones from both sides too), a few minutes of the third debate, a few minutes of the SNL parody of the third debate, and an &#8220;Obama Quest&#8221; Daily Show clip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seanholland.net\/seanmisen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/results.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Results\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seanholland.net\/seanmisen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/resultssmall.jpg\" alt=\"Resultssmall\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then they voted.\u00a0 Across both third grade classes, Obama won in a landslide: 49 votes to 11 for John McCain.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a 64-point win!\u00a0 I think we can all feel relieved from this new poll that Obama is in good position for victory.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their vote, I asked for a short explanation of their decision.\u00a0 Essentially an exit poll.\u00a0 McCain wins on experience, and Obama wins on youth and coolness, with McCain&#8217;s age a big deciding factor for this demographic.\u00a0 Here are some of the more interesting ones:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>McCain voters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u7d4c\u9a13\u304c\u3042\u308a\u305d\u3046\u3002\u30ad\u30e9\u30fc\u30b9\u30de\u30a4\u30eb\u3002<br \/>\nHe seems to have experience, and a killer smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u5e74\u306a\u306e\u306b\u9811\u5f35\u3063\u3066\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3002CM\u9762\u767d\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3057\u3002\u7d4c\u9a13\u8c4a\u5bcc\u305d\u3046\u3060\u304b\u3089\uff01<br \/>\nEven though he is old, he&#8217;s doing his best.\u00a0 His commercials were interesting and he seems to have a lot of experience!<\/p>\n<p>\u5171\u548c\u515a\u306e\u65b9\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u3068\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u304b\u3089\u3002\u3057\u3089\u306a\u3044\u4eba\u3060\u3051\u3069\u3002<br \/>\nThe Republican Party is better for Japan.\u00a0 Even though he is someone that I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u304a\u3058\u3044\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002<br \/>\nBecause he is a grandpa.<\/p>\n<p>\u5e74\u306f\u3001\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3044\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3051\u3069\u3001\u8b70\u54e126\u5e74\u9593\u3084\u3063\u3066\u308b\u3057\u3001\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3046\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3046\u3002<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s really getting on in years, but since he&#8217;s been a Senator for 26 years, I think he can do the job fairly well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obama voters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u30de\u30b1\u30a4\u30f3\u3060\u3068\u65e9\u304f\u6b7b\u306b\u305d\u3046\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002<br \/>\nBecause McCain looks like he&#8217;s going to die soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u82e5\u3044\u3057\u3001\u30e2\u30c3\u30c8\u30fc\u304c\u3044\u3044\u611f\u3058\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002<br \/>\nBecause he&#8217;s young and his motto has a good feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u82e5\u3044\u4eba\u306e\u65b9\u304c\u4f55\u304b\u5909\u3048\u3066\u304f\u308c\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3046\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002<br \/>\nBecause I think that a young person is better to make change.<\/p>\n<p>\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u521d\u306e\u9ed2\u4eba\u5927\u7d71\u9818\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3046\u3002<br \/>\nI think it would be good to have America&#8217;s first black president.<\/p>\n<p>\u30aa\u30d0\u30de\u306e\u65b9\u304c\u697d\u3057\u3044\u3057\u3001\u3057\u3063\u304b\u308a\u3057\u3066\u305d\u3046\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002<br \/>\nBecause Obama is fun and it seems like he will be steady.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Obama\u306b\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u3092\u5909\u3048\u3066\u3044\u3063\u3066\u307b\u3057\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3046\u3002\u3042\u3068Mr. Obama\u306fDemocrat\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3002\u5171\u548c\u515a\u3088\u308a\u6c11\u4e3b\u515a\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c\u4fe1\u983c\u3067\u304d\u308b<br \/>\nI think I want America to be changed by Mr. Obama.\u00a0 Also, because Mr. Obama is a Democrat.\u00a0 I think we can have faith in the Democratic Party more than the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u3068\u3066\u3082\u7b11\u9854\u304c\u3044\u3044\u3001\u3053\u306e\u4eba\u306a\u3089\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304f\u4e16\u754c\u3092\u6551\u3048\u305d\u3046\u3002<br \/>\nHe has a really good smile, and I think in his case, he might save not just America, but the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partly to further purpose of cultural education and internationalization, and partly as an outlet for my electoral frustrations, I had the 3rd graders at Saroma Junior High vote for the US President yesterday.\u00a0 The 14-15 year old rural northern Japan demographic could turn this election.\u00a0 First, I handed them an information sheet, which introduced the 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