On every Election Day, every state has 'electoral votes', I thought they said "electoral volts" which means something to do with electrical and whoever president has electrocuted by by a higher voltage win the election.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the loser of the Presidential election became the VICE President. — AirInSea
- I used to believe the way they counted up votes was by counting the signs people used to put on their yards— Jaci Marshall
- that song that goes *bring me a higher love*
i thought it said *breathing in iron lung*— oi - As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic