My community's only high school held a mock presidential election and Obama won!

[Indiana_Dem]

This is not taken lightly around my small town. It made front page news. You know why? Because I remember when I was at that high school AND when my children attended, the Republican has always won! I was in high school under the Reagan years and my children were in high school during the Clinton and Bush administrations. The Republican has always won, until now! We're in North Central Indiana, a small town red area....

http://www.pharostribune.com/local/local_story_302111836.html

Mock the vote

LHS students cast ballots in simulated election

by Deb Saine
For the Pharos-Tribune

If it were up to a majority of Logansport High School students, the 44th president of the United States would be Barack Obama.

Shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, 1,094 teenagers cast their votes in a mock election. By 10:30 a.m., those votes had been tallied, and Obama had been named the winner, defeating McCain by 440 votes. Obama received 727 votes, or 67 percent, while McCain received 287, or 26 percent.

The remaining seven percent went to four other candidates: Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party, 10 votes; Bob Barr of the Libertarian Party, 18; Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party,16; and Ralph Nader of the Independent Party, 36.

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[Indiana_Dem]

1. Kick for the afternoon! nt