I created a "vote" curriculum for preschoolers. I am SO glad that my group is too young for this right now though - yikes - it's like opening a can of worms.

After discussion, we vote for lunch and snack components. It minimizes the disappointment for the "losers" because most likely they will "win" some part - sort of like the senate/representative vote.
We have ballots and a box to slide the ballots into, and each child gets an "I voted" sticker. I scanned a "vote" sticker with smaller letters on it that say "for lunch!" They are proud of their stickers because their parents have similar ones.

The only year that preschool-aged dcks got really involved in actual awareness of the presidential election was the year that President Obama was elected, presumably because their parents talked about it more.

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