Election Day...from an ESL perspective

So I voted at a voting both for the first time today (I've always had to do an absentee ballot). It was much more interesting than I thought it would be AND I didn't even have to wait in line (good thing I skipped my German class!). After voting, I went to my first ESL class proudly wearing my "I Voted" sticker, which, of course, progressed into a political discussion beginning with a whiny "why isn't today a holiday" (good question- I've often asked myself the same thing) and progressing into deeper things like the electoral college. When I asked my students who they would have voted for, the conversation went something like this:

Me: Would you have voted for McCain or Obama if you could vote?
Overwhelming majority of students: OBAMA!
Me: Why? What do you like about Obama?
Student 1: He's handsome!
Student 3: He's black!
Student 2: He likes South Korea
Me: McCain doesn't like South Korea?
Students: silence
Me: Why don't you like McCain?
Student 3: He's OLD!
Student 4: He's UGLY!

I wonder how many Americans will vote on similar lines...