g src=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/catinhat.jpg” alt=”” width=”200″ height=”262″ style=”margin: 5px; float: left;” />Carnival Cruise Line announced today it will serve as the “seagoing headquarters” for The Cat in the Hat’s presidential campaign, coinciding with the release of the new Dr. Seuss book, “One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote.”

Joined by his “running mates,” Thing 1 and Thing 2, and decked out in presidential attire, The Cat in the Hat will be on each Carnival ship starting this week, shaking hands, passing out stickers, leading parades and smiling for photo opportunities, all part of his platform of “it’s fun to have fun but you have to know how,” according to Carnival.

Further activities include patriotic face painting and arts and crafts sessions where kids can create posters that will be used in a Seuss-a-palooza Presidential Parade led by The Cat in the Hat.

Ballot boxes will be also positioned in Camp Ocean/Camp Carnival on each ship, allowing kids’ voices to be heard as they vote on their favorite Dr. Seuss book and receive a custom-made certificate for voting.

Kids are also invited to star in The Cat in the Hat’s official campaign commercial which will be shown on the in-cabin TV channels on each ship.

“Carnival is the number one cruise line for families and we’re delighted to team up with our partner Dr. Seuss Enterprises to celebrate the release of this fantastic new book and the launch of The Cat in the Hat’s presidential campaign to help kids understand the importance of voting in a fun yet educational way,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.

“We are so happy that Carnival is serving as the ‘Official Seagoing Headquarters’ for The Cat in the Hat for President, and we know The Cat will have fun on board as the Kids’ Candidate, showing kids that every vote counts,” said Susan Brandt, president, licensing and marketing, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP.