Odd presidential election predictors

Published On: Oct 31 2012 11:02:54 AM CDT   Updated On: Nov 01 2012 01:00:00 AM CDT

Who needs polls and political science models when you have squirrels and cookies to predict elections?

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Kids' choice: Scholastic has organized a mock vote for students under 18 since 1940, and the kids’ choice has gone on to win all but two times. This year, 51 percent of the 250,000 students who participated voted for Obama, 45 percent voted for Romney and 4 percent picked another candidate.

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