I used to believe that when the race for the presidency was Really a race. The the two candidates ran through each state and the one who got there first, won the state. Whoever had the most states became President. I was 7.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I used to believe that politicians actually ran (like in a race) for office.— m
- I used to believe that we (the human race) was a movie and God was showing it to everyone.— Sean
- In a race if you finish several laps down you have to make up for it afterwardsAnon