Schoolhouse Rock!

"Presidential Minute"

Original Air Date

2008

This song teaches about voting for president.

Lyrics to Presidential Minute 

Four years have passed

It's time again to state the main event

Election Day is drawing near

We'll pick our president

Republicans and Democrats hold national conventions

They built their party platforms to broadcast their intentions

The candidates they nominate will surely have potential

They'll have to campaign long and hard to prove they're presidential

With whistle stops and photo ops

And great debates and TV spots

Posters, pics, even dirty tricks

They run for president

The key states are the bigger ones with larger populations

They have the electoral votes it takes to win elections

Abe Lincoln, Grant, and FDR, they all got here this way

Be sure your mom and dad get out to vote Election Day

After whistle stops and photo ops

And great debates and TV spots

Election Day, we'll have our say

And pick a president

Exercise your votes!