For those of you who don't live in America, today is Presidential Election Day!!!!! The day where we vote for a new president!!!! Every year, we vote in the month of November on a Tuesday.
Where am I going with this??? check out this article on Why we vote on Tuesday.. It has to do with America's farming! cool huh?! CNN give us this fun video with more details: Check it out!!! ENJOY!!!
You've studied the issues and cast your ballot. Now all that's left to do is bide your time until the results start coming in for John McCain and Barack Obama. To help you in that effort, we introduce a list of election fun facts for your brain-candy pleasure.
Why do we vote on a Tuesday... in November?
The short answer: We used to be a nation of farmers.
The long answer: Congress chose November because the harvest was over and the weather wouldn't be bad enough to prevent people from traveling.
As for Tuesday, people used to have to travel overnight to their polling location. (In 1845, horse was the preferred method of transport.) In an effort to avoid religious days of rest, Congress chose Tuesday, leaving Monday and Wednesday as travel days. Tuesday was voting (and horse-resting) day.
Info credit: Yahoo news and yahoo video, CNN
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