Ahead of polls, US kids vote for Obama as President

October 24, 2012 10:14

As the US braces for the crucial November 6 elections, an unscientific online poll has found more than half a million American children choosing incumbent President Barack Obama over his Republican rival Mitt Romney.

The children participating in the 'Nickelodeon: Kids Pick the President' elected Obama as their next president with 65 percent votes, while Romney received rest of the 35 per cent.

Interestingly, ever since this voting trend began in 1988,the results of children's poll has turned out to be the same in five out of the six occasions.

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