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Our Kid Reporters are on the front lines of this exciting election. Here's your chance to help them ask the tough questions of Senator McCain and Senator Obama. What would you ask the candidates?


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Watch the Scholastic Kids Press Corps in action on the campaign trail!
Debate Blogs
Scholastic has all the materials you need to make Election 2008 teachable, relevant, and exciting to your students.

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Games And Quizzes
Create a Campaign Poster
Create a Campaign Poster
How would you get your message to the voters? Design (and then print) your ideas here.
You're the Candidate
You're the Candidate
You're running for President. Do you have what it takes to win? Find out!
You're the President
You're the President
You make the decisions and talk to the press. Print out the resulting news story to see how you fared as President of the United States.
Where Candidates Stand
Guess Where the Candidates Stand
Can you guess who the candidate is based on where they stand on important issues? Click here to try.
Presidential Nominees Timeline

For Parents Answer kids' questions about the campaign and find activities and resources to spark lively discussion with the Parents' Guide to the 2008 Presidential Elections.
More Campaign News
mccain and obama in ny
Battleground South Florida
Obama talks economics in Dunedin
mccain in michigan
Republicans in Michigan
Wolverine State an important battleground in presidential election
palin mccain in virginia
Obama in New Hampshire
More than 7,000 greet Democratic candidate in swing state visit
kid reporter madison hartke-weber with senator bob barr
A True Outsider
Libertarian Bob Barr Champions "Bold Leadership"
third party candidates
Third Parties Speak Out
Alternatives to the two-party system

Decision 08 Scholastic and NBC News team up to cover Election 2008.
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Photos courtesy AP Images