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Obama Wins in a Landslide Among Schoolkids

By Clay Dillow, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 14, 2008 12:27 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama may be pulling slowly away from John McCain, but he's the overwhelming choice among the pre-K through 12th grade set. In a Scholastic poll, 57% of 250,000 students picked the Dem, USA Today reports. And don’t write it off as youthful... Read full story »

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