First Presidential Canidate You Supported

[Keystone Phil]

Bush in 2000. Before the Republican Convention came to Philly that year, I knew very little about politics. The 2000 election changed that.

[Keystone Phil]

Since everyone seems to be discussing mock elections I'll discuss one (and I believe the only one) my grade school held while I was there...

It was 1999. Philadelphia was in the middle of a close Mayoral race between Sam Katz and John Street (most of you know about the Katz-Street race from last year...I won't even get into that embarressment...) My social studies class was split up into groups and each group had to make a sign for a candidate. My group was assigned to make a Katz sign. I was happy because I knew that 1) my parents supported him and 2) he was a Republican (before '99 I knew nothing about politics. Nothing at all.) We made the signs and had the mock election. One kid said he was voting for John Street because they both had the same first name. Really smart isn't it? Anyway, Katz won in a landslide (but lost the actual election by 2 points) and to this day I have never had the opportunity to vote in a mock election. Maybe this year...

[Keystone Phil]

I really hate political education and all it's mock activities because it TOTALLY OMITS third parties.

But that'll change once I tear up the room with all my libertarian glory in the class debates.

In the mock election in my high school in 1996, Bob Dole got trounced by Ross Perot.  Dole only got 5% of the vote, and this is in a 3000 person school!

Well Maryland wasn't really Dole country But I understand what you're saying. 5% is pretty pathetic.