Sunday, October 26, 2008

Kids Vote 2008 - Election Results

Hosted by Northern Lights Athlete Village and
Northern Lights Junior A Hockey


Thank you to the Bloomington Ice Garden and the Bloomington City Clerk's office

The Northern Lights team were fantastic volunteers, manning the registration table, ballot pick-up table and signing autographs. The votes were tallied soon after the polls closed at 5 PM. The results are listed below. More detailed statistics will be listed once calculated.

Remember: Bring your election day flyer OR your signed autograph sheet to any home game in November to get free admission for your whole family. See you again soon!!!

Election Results

OUR ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN!!
What a fun day at our Kids Vote Day - 10/25/08
National Make A Difference Day
Over 200 young people voted, with ages 3-11 completing the majority of the votes and a handful of older kids/teens. All Bloomington Elementary Schools were represented.

The winners are written in bold below.

1.) Favorite ice cream topping
A Chocolate
B Strawberries
C Caramel
D Candy
E Other: _________________

2.) Best team mascots
A TC Bear (Twins)
B Ragnar (Vikings)
C Crunch (Timberwolves)
D Nordy (WILD)
E Goldie (Gopher)
F Flash (Northern Lights Hockey)

3.) Fun places to go in Bloomington
A Chutes and Ladders, Hyland Park
B Mall of America
C Go to the local park
D Bloomington Ice Garden
E Other: _________________


4.) President/Vice President of United States
A Barack Obama, Joe Biden
B John McCain, Sarah Palin
C Other: _________________

5.) Favorite Preschool/Elementary School teacher

Mr. McDonnell


6.) When I grow up I want to have this job:
NHL hockey player, teacher and fire fighter


7.) What I hope city leaders think more about:
(Choose top three and write them in order with 1 top)
A Hiring and keeping good teachers #3 ISSUE TIE
B Taking care of people who don’t have much money #1 ISSUE
C Creating more things for kids to do
D Taking care of our parks, water, land and animals
E Taking care of soldiers and their families #2 ISSUE
F Helping people who are sick or hurt
G Matching caring adults with every kid
H Keeping children and families safe #3 ISSUE TIE
I Making/taking care of fun, safe playgrounds
J Helping people get good jobs
K Other: _________________

THANKS FOR VOTING!!!!!