This is cute…and telling.

It is 9 a.m. Do you know where your child is? For hundreds of parents in Idaho’s most important Republican stronghold, the answer last week was a surprise: Supporting Barack Obama for president.

Last week, Caldwell High School held its mock presidential nominating conventions, organized by government teacher Jeanette Jackson every four years since 1996. Students pick their party affiliations and, until this year, they reflected Canyon County’s GOP loyalty. The last time the presidential race was wide open – Bush-Gore, in 2000 – Republicans outnumbered Democrats about 400 to 200.

The ratio was reversed last week, with 487 students at the Democratic convention on Thursday and 199 with the GOP on Wednesday.

“I personally want to see the looks on your parents’ faces when they find out where you hung out today,” said Caitlin Hogge, an 18-year-old senior whose nominating speech helped Democrat John Edwards to a second-place finish ahead of Hillary Clinton. Obama won in a walk, with 423 delegate votes.

Jessica Madrigal, co-chairwoman of the mock Democratic convention, said young people are questioning their family political roots.

“My parents vote primarily Republican,” said Madrigal, 18, who attended the Democratic caucus for Obama in February. “We’re tired of voting in our parents’ place. We’re ready for something new. We’re practicing our right to decide for ourselves.”

[H/T to the Guru]

Notice that Clinton couldn’t even beat out Edwards. The Clintons are going around erroneously asserting that Obama can’t attract Jews, Hispanics, or white working class voters, but no one is asking them why she can’t attract young voters. They are the future you know. Even in Idaho.

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