When I was 4 years old, there had been a presidential election that year. I had been under the impression that the presidential candidates had to actually run acroos the country, like a running race, and whoever did it the fastest became the next president. I actually believed this until 4 years later, during the next elections. My mom clarified how it really worked.
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 think running for president involved actually running somewhere.— Artimage
- I used to think that running cross-country meant you ran across the entire nation!Anon
- My 18 year old brother thought the former vice president was named Al Gorbachov.— Jeff
- For years and years I believed that tuna must be really little fish because they came in such small cans!!— Gisela
- I used to believe that people born on leap year would only age once every 4 yearsAnon