Florida Kids Vote for Hillary Clinton for President

TAMPA, FL — If kids in Florida could vote, they would elect Hillary Clinton to be the 45th president of the United States.

That's according to the results of a Scholastic poll, which included 153,000 kids nationwide from kindergarten through 12th grade voting by online and mail-in ballot.

In Florida, Clinton received 48 percent of the vote, compared to Donald Trump's 39 percent. Thirteen percent of kids voted for somebody else. See the national Scholastic results.

Scholastic was sure to clarify, though, that the poll is "not based on a scientifically designed sample of the student population." Instead, "It is an educational activity meant to give students an opportunity to express their opinions about the 2016 presidential election."

The Real Clear Politics average of polling in Florida shows Clinton with a 3.6 percent lead over Trump in the state.

In a press release, Scholastic also included quotes from kids who voted for each candidate.

“I voted for Hillary because she will be the first woman president,” a sixth grade student in Arizona said."Hillary is showing all women young or old you can do anything."

A Georgia fifth-grader said he voted for Trump, "because he would be good for business.”

With reporting by Marc Torrence | Image via Scholastic