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Our aupairs continue to watch the election process in the US as developments play out in the media. As residents of other countries, they might\u00a0follow similar election processes, but none so “American” as ours.<\/p>\n

Aupairs, this is a good time to discuss with older children how the election\u00a0process in your country is similar or different from the process in the US. Perhaps you come from a country that has a king or a queen who never has to be elected\u00a0or re-elected! Your countrymen probably vote for prime ministers or other officials. Discuss all of this with your host families as we all\u00a0watch our election returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our aupairs continue to watch the election process in the US as developments play out in the media. As residents of other countries, they might\u00a0follow similar election processes, but none so “American” as ours. Aupairs, this is a good time to discuss with older children how the election\u00a0process in your country is similar or different Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nElection Day - Elaine's Old Town Alexandria, Virginia Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election Day - Elaine's Old Town Alexandria, Virginia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our aupairs continue to watch the election process in the US as developments play out in the media. 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