I heard my parents talking about the upcoming elections in 1976, talking about Carter. Well, in my small world, I thought that Kotter from the tv show Welcome Back, Kotter was running for president.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to think running for president involved actually running somewhere.— Artimage
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon
- I was pretty small when Nixon was President. I thought "Watergate" was a type of alligator.— Ginger
- I heard my mum talking about foreign people, and I later asked, "have you ever been to Foreign?"— Kia
- I used to believe my dad was the best male figure in the world and wondered why he wasn't president already.— Ivy :)
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon