Mock Elections Give Deleware to Democrats
Posted on 01. Nov, 2008 by Brad in Politics | Twitter: @bradhart |
How students vote in mock elections is often seen as a sign of how adults will vote in the actual election. Time and time again we get confirmation of this data which shows how effective parental influence is on children. As public education almost always leans to the liberal side of things, I wish more people would give take this sort of data an realize it is okay for public schools to teach the things that are needed for the public good, because kids still get their behavioral education from their parents.
Students vote Democrat in state’s mock election – Dover, DE – Dover Post
Students vote Democrat in state’s mock election
By Maureen Raitz
By Maureen Raitz, Editor
Dover Post
Fri Oct 31, 2008, 04:02 PM EDT
Dover, Del. -If the results of Delaware’s Student/Parent Mock Election is any indication of how citizens will vote on Tuesday, Democrats should be pleased, as schools voted overwhelmingly in their favor in national and statewide offices.
Results from the statewide mock election, which was held in schools throughout Delaware on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, were announced Friday at Legislative Hall. Two delegates from each school district, including charter and private schools, shared how their schools voted in the House chambers.
The only Republican to win the votes of most Delaware districts was Mike Castle, who has been the state’s lone congressman in the U.S. House of Representative since 1993.
John McCain’s only win for U.S. president came from the Wilmington Christian Academy.
With more than 60,000 votes cast, Commissioner of Elections Elaine Manlove was pleased with the schools’ turnout.
“It’s a great program. Everyone here is real enthusiastic about it,” Manlove said. It’s good to get [students] involved in the process early. It’s great for them to see how their votes counted.”
In past years, the mock election has accurately predicted the results of Delaware’s voting.
“Let’s just see if that holds true,” Manlove said of the upcoming election.
Mock election results (italics indicate winner)
United States president/vice president
Barack Obama/Joseph R. Biden Jr. 44,778
John McCain/Sarah Palin 14,983
Chuch Baldwin/Darrel L. Castle 219
Cynthia A. McKinney/Rosa A. Clemente 408
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez 1,427
Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root 354
Roger Calero/Alyson Kennedy 152United States senator
Joseph R. Biden Jr. 39,295
Christine O’Donnell 13,274United States representative
Michael N. Castle 22,491
Karen Hartley-Nagle 20,813
Mark Anthony Parks 4,542Governor
Jack Markell 35,645
William Swain Lee 10,646
Jeffrey Brown 4,111Lt. governor
Matthew Denn 26,963
Charles L. Copeland 14,829
Peter Cullen 5,124Insurance commissioner
Karen Weldin-Stewart 20,512
John F. Brady 14,609
Tom Savage 8,247
Karen Weldin-Stewart 3,817Email Maureen Raitz at maureen.raitz@doverpost.com.
Capital School District delegates Katie Pierce and Jack Knox, both seniors at Dover High School, stand outside House chambers in Legislative Hall Oct. 31, following the announcement of the Delaware Student/Parent Mock Election results. Capital students voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden for U.S. president and vice president; Biden for U.S. Senate; Karen Hartley-Nagle for U.S. representative; Jack Markell for governor; Matt Denn for lieutenant governor; and Karen Weldin-Stewart for insurance commissioner.
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