To teach children about voting, the city of Henderson held an Ice Cream Election, which we first told you about in February.
Many were shocked when Cookies & Cream edged out Vanilla for the top slot in the presidential preference primary in February. Going into the primary, four flavors were duking it out: Chocolate, Vanilla, Cookies & Cream and Bubblegum. Cookies & Cream won by an incredible margain, 128 votes to Vanilla's 84.
Hilariously, the ballot also had a "None of these Candidates" option, which garnered six votes. The total child voter turnout was 359.
As the top two head to the general in November, you may say that Cookies & Cream is just Vanilla with some chocolate cookie bits — and you would be right. But Vanilla has been America's favorite ice cream for the past 200 years. Textural ice creams have only become popular for the past century — a fraction of sweet treat’s 400-plus year history. If Cookies & Cream wins the election this fall, it would be a huge upset for the status quo. When I reported the early results to ice cream historian Jeri Quinzio, she actually slapped her knee and exclaimed: "After all this time!"
Will the old favorite make a comeback or will this slightly younger, slightly different upstart finally bring about change? I for one will be closely following the election this November as these two flavors square off head to head.
