I thought the presidential race was an actual running race to the White House, and whichever candidate got there first was elected president.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that everytime we elected a president was because the old one died!!:)— angel
- I used to believe that the loser of the Presidential election became the VICE President. — AirInSea
- 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
- I used to believe that a racist is something like a person who loves to race on the racetrack.Anon