Let Kids Ask The Questions This Election Season

With the presidential candidates coming to debate at the University of Denver on Oct. 3, we asked Colorado kids of all backgrounds what they’d ask the candidates. The answers ranged from cute and silly to thoughtful and poignant. Most of all, the kids voiced important questions about education, health and safety. Unfortunately, very little of the discussion this election season has included these critical issues. Help us get kids' issues into that conversation and into discussions in local elections in your community. Share this video with friends and neighbors.

Presidential Debate Video

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Since 2004, Tennyson Center for Children has hosted the Every Child Matters state campaign in Colorado and is proud to continue to partner with Every Child Matters Education Fund to make kids a political priority in our state.

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Children in Colorado face serious challenges – 179,000 live in poverty, 275,000 receive government-funded health care, 150,000 have no health insurance, 11,247 were victims of child abuse and neglect in 2008, and many do not have access to pre-school education, child care, or afterschool programs. Colorado has the fastest growing child poverty rate in the country, with a 72% increase since 2000.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. 

THIS ELECTION WILL BE CONDUCTED ENTIRELY BY MAIL.

BALLOTS MUST BE RETURNED TO YOUR COUNTY CLERK BY 7:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 5TH

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All data are for the year 2012 except the health care data which is from 2011 and the Kids Count Overall Rank, which is from 2013.

• There are 1,231,358 children under 18 in Colorado.
• Children Living in Poverty – 224,000
• Children Living with a Single Mother – 272,000
• Children Receiving Public Only Health Insurance – 286,000
• Children Not Covered by Health Insurance – 100,000
• Child Abuse & Neglect Victims – 10,482
• Child Abuse & Neglect Deaths - 40
• 3-4 Year Olds Not Enrolled in preschool – 71,317
• % of 4th Graders Scoring below Basic Reading Levels – 26%
• Kids Count Overall Rank - 21

To see our sources, click here.