VOLuntarilyConservative

I have never known straw polls to limit participation to only those of legal voting age. My three kids enjoy participating in straw polls, because politics has been a family focus. All three of my children have been in a voting booth their entire life. As infants they were carried into the voting booths.

Today, they go with my wife and I into the booth. We should encourage kids to participate in straw polls. With voter apathy, today, let's build the voters of tommorrow.
 

Of course, Richard Roberts showing up with the blood-mobile isn't a ploy to encourage democracy
 

I only counted 5 children with Cheek. This was an issue to me because 3 of them kept running around from inside to the outside. I did notice one baby with them. I don't know who you are referring to as "the Sebastian kid". I only noticed the young ones -- 3 to be exact, not 8 as votedavis06 says. And they appear to be family members children -- I've seen them all at events before and never really thought Cheek was out driving a school bus recruiting kids for Lincoln Days to stack votes! Although that's a funny thought!

I'd have to agree with Brian Hornback in that I think the one sure way to encourage the upcoming generations to vote is to allow them to participate in events such as these.

That being said, I always notice that Davis seems to have several young guys who follow him around.
 

Having attended the Lincoln Day Dinner in question, I can assure you that there were no disadvantages presented to any candidates. As for the votes taking time to count, yes it did take time with six people sorting & counting almost 400 votes with multiple candidates in each category.
Both Chairman Cecile Testerman & Mike Faulk should be commended for their efforts on attempting to accomodate everyone & having what most have deemed to be the most successful Lincoln Day Dinner ever in Hawkins County. Petty trivualizations are only harmful to the Party as a whole & serve no function other than to cause divisiveness.
 

If straw poll votes counted as real votes in the real world we would have 435 very different people sitting in Congress. What was clear from the speaches was that Cheek was the most animated and interesting speaker of the bunch. Cheek clearly could run (or drive) circles around them.
 

Perhaps someone needs to learn how to count?
I only saw 4 - 5 kids with Cheek and 2 of those were my own and I know that my son did not vote because he and I were outside because he had a run-in with a concrete bench.
Straw Polls are just meant for fun and truly do not indicate what anyone thinks, but those present at the time of the poll.
I thought Sat. night was a great event and I am proud that my kids have been able to attend several Lincoln Day Dinners in various areas and see exactly how these political events and the politicians operate.
 

Dear Anonymous ---

VoteDavis06 is young. He's 22 according to his post so perhaps he's polishing that counting skill. He's also a bit defensive about your remarks. Me thinks he doeth protest too much and perhaps knows that you are correct with your own testimony regarding the children attending with Cheek.