Peabody Kids Vote for Obama, Brown, Tisei
Elementary students accompanied their parents to the polls on Tuesday to cast their own votes, and vote they -- 1,003 ballots were cast.
[The following was submitted by Sudi Smoller of the Peabody Education Foundation.] The votes of 1,003 Peabody elementary students on Tuesday mirrored actual results except that, unlike their parents, the kids elected Richard Tisei over John Tierney. The race for U.S. Representative was a close one with students and their parents, but with a different result. Students elected Tisei with 418 votes over the actual winner, incumbent Tierney, who received 388 of the students’ votes. The students voted almost 2 to 1 in favor of the Obama/Biden ticket. Obama received 617 votes to Romney’s 318. Like their parents, students bucked the statewide trend and chose Scott Brown (604 votes) over Elizabeth Warren (305 votes). The Kids Voting Peabody …
