Trenton for President

The elementry kids at Trent's school decided to have a mock Primary Election. We had to register to vote on one day, and then vote on Tuesday the 19th. I don't follow politics, but I knew I wanted to vote on the conservative side since the school is very liberal. I got my ballot and looked at it. McCain, Guiliani - oh, I don't know?.... How about a write in?? Mr. Rogers? Barney? No, not good, I should just play by the rules. Wait! How about Trent! With a slightly shakey hand I wrote down his name. How would he feel about this? Would he want to be president? Would this embarass him? Just to be sure I asked the teacher if she would mind me doing this. She was hoping for a write it for the lesson of it. I felt pretty good about it. To my surprise, Trent is now semi-famous! Here is what is posted on the Milwaukee Journal web-site.

Kids vote for Obama, McCain and...Trenton
By Journal Sentinel staff
Tuesday, Feb 19 2008, 05:51 PM
Presidential primary results are in at Nature’s Classroom Montessori school in Mukwonago, where Barack Obama forged ahead as the clear Democratic favorite, with McCain winning the Republican primary.
Elementary school children between the ages of 6 and 12 conducted their own election at the school today, but it’s the culmination of a process that began at the beginning of the semester. The students’ research included trips to both Republican and Democratic headquarters in Waukesha County, discussion in class about the issues and letters home to parents to stimulate discussion with their children about the election, said teacher Shella Schneider.
The minimum voting age was dropped from 18 to 6, and students signed up their classmates, teachers and parents.
Voter turnout was not perfect: 74 people cast ballots out of 82 who were registered.
One voter also tried to vote twice, but luckily, the fraud was caught by the clerks.
The results:
John McCain - 18
Mike Huckabee - 5
Barack Obama - 35
Hillary Clinton - 12
Dennis Kucinich - 1
Ron Paul - 1
Trenton Smith (5-years-old; a write-in) -1
- By Erin Richards