--- title: Hillary Clinton Wins 'Kids' Vote' in Nickelodeon Initiative description: Whether she wins the general election or not, Hillary Clinton has the kids' vote in the bag canonical: https://time.com/4559895/hillary-clinton-kids-vote-election/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-06T15:55:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:31.323Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Wins in Nickelodeon's 'Kids Pick The President' og:description: The Democratic candidate got 53% of the vote og:url: https://time.com/4559895/hillary-clinton-kids-vote-election/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94490ba81c30cd3/6988ad3f428a9e44d2cd4e70/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Campaign 2016 Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Wins in Nickelodeon's 'Kids Pick The President' twitter:description: The Democratic candidate got 53% of the vote twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94490ba81c30cd3/6988ad3f428a9e44d2cd4e70/hillary-clinton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hillary Clinton Wins 'Kids' Vote' in Nickelodeon's _Kids Pick The President_ > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton is eight days away from the conclusion of her 2016 presidential campaign, but she’s only just survived her hardest interview: answering the questions of a group of American children_ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2016 3:55 PM UTC  A girl in the audience holds a figurine of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as Clinton speaks at a rally at Goodyear Hall and Theater in Akron, Ohio, on Oct. 3, 2016. A girl in the audience holds a figurine of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as Clinton speaks at a rally at Goodyear Hall and Theater in Akron, Ohio, on Oct. 3, 2016. Andrew Harnik—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2016 3:55 PM UTC Whether she wins the general election or not, Hillary Clinton has the kids’ vote in the bag. Children nationwide chose Clinton as the winner of Nickelodeon’s 2016 [_Kids Pick The President_](http://www.kidspickthepresident.com/) “Kids’ Vote.” The Democratic candidate got 53% of the vote, while Donald Trump received 36%. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson got 11% of the vote. Nickelodeon’s _Kids Pick The President_ initiative is designed to “amplify kids’ voices and opinions and raise their awareness of the electoral process,” according to the network. A total of 905,928 kids voted online between Oct. 28 and Nov. 5, and results were announced on Nickelodeon’s platforms Saturday night. Kids have correctly chosen the next U.S. president for six out of the last seven presidential elections since 1988, according to Nickelodeon — though they picked John Kerry over George W. 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