The craziness "and all-around Trumpiness" of the 2016 race has "created an interesting problem for parents and teachers who want to educate their children about democracy," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Late Show. He didn't really address those problems, but watch anyway.
"I believe kids may have something to teach us all about this election," Colbert said, "because they're too innocent to understand adult behaviors like mean nicknames and throwing tantrums. And not just about Donald Trump. They can also teach us about the girl who gets straight As and doesn't understand why she's not more popular, or the older guy who graduated years ago but just keeps hanging around with college kids, not to mention all the kids who were bullied so badly they just went home." To get some insights, Colbert went to have a chat with "the key under-7 voting demographic." Watch the kids share what they know about the candidates, and Colbert try to fill in the blanks, below. Peter Weber
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