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As a kid I didn't know about political views, so I thought that in elections people just voted for whoever they liked more as a person. I remember seeing polical comedy featuring him on TV and thinking "George Bush is pretty funny, I hope he wins again!"

Anon
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In 1998, I was at a Renaissance Faire in Pennsylvania for a school trip. It was set in Elizabethan times, and the main event of the day, the Ultimate Joust, had an actor playing Queen Elizabeth I there. However, she was referred to as "Queen Elizabeth," and the Queen of England at that time was Queen Elizabeth II. I honestly thought that the *current* Queen of England, Elizabeth II, was actually at that joust, especially since I had no idea what she looked like back then.

IMMarkotron
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I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part

Darth Carrietta
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I Used To Believe Corporal Punishment Was Invented By Corporate Agents That They Used On Their Kids/Children, Pets, And Wives!

KellGirl
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I used to believe that George W. Bush's middle name was Washington, and that he and the first president were somehow one and the same.

not a Bush fan
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I thought the presidential race was an actual running race to the White House, and whichever candidate got there first was elected president.

Anon
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If you lost a Presidential election, you had to leave the country. This came from me mishearing the words "lead the country" from a TV ad talking about the election that was going on back then.

Anon
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I used to think Obama's name was short for Baraccobama.

Trisha Gaurav
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I used to think that George Bush's first name was President

kid
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I used to believe that a ballot is just a blank piece of paper where you write the name of who you vote for in giant letters.

Trisha Gaurav
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I thought that the world belonged to the president and could do anything he wanted. I always wanted to become the president so I could have the whole world to myself

Anon
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When i was younger 5 or 6 i thought we were fighting Russians in WW2
and which lead me up till 6th grade that Nazis were russian

skylar
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I thought every single organisation had a government observer and the entire nation was working for some sort of plan that all the adults were hiding from us.

MP
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I used to seriously misunderstand the concept of voting. I assumed whoever voted for one option would get it and whoever voted for the other option would get the other, instead of the option with more votes affecting everyone.

vote
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I thought an asylum seeker was a crazy person who checked in to an asylum on purpose.

Nate
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Back in the mid 90's, when I was about 10, I used to believe that I was a prisoner in a digital world. I used to feel that beyond this reality was a utopia, and that I had broken the laws of that utopia and was imprisoned in a digital reality that was meant to continually punish me until I had learned my lesson, whatever it may be.

David
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The Spanish word for president is "Presidente". I have a Mexican origin. When they told me Vicente Fox was the president of Mexico, I thougt that his name was Fox and that both Presidente and Vicente were titles. I used to boast to my school partners that Fox was Presidente AND Vicente of Mexico xD

Iņaki
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When I was little I heard on the TV that poverty had something to do with politics. I knew politics was something the mayor do, and mayors take care of cities.
So I believed that poor people lived in poor towns, and rich people lived in rich towns.

Anon
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I used to believe that (Captain) Ahab was a nickname for Abraham Lincoln, and so that the president and the hunter of Moby Dick were one and the same.

Kat
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I used to believe that the US President knew every square inch of America. Not an acre unseen by our president.

Angela
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