DCHS students chose Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders for President in a Mock Election held Super Tuesday at school.
According to the DCHS Tiger Media, a total of 619 students cast ballots in the mock election including 181 who voted in the Democratic Primary and 438 in the Republican Primary.
DCHS students chose Sanders over Hillary Clinton 141 to 40. Trump won with 225 votes over 115 for Marco Rubio, 56 for Ted Cruz, 36 for Ben Carson, and 6 for John Kasich.
Students were also asked to participate in Exit Polling. A total of 377 participated. Two questions were asked.
1) Who did you vote for?
Democrat (99 participated)
Bernie Sanders 81.8%
Hillary Clinton 18.2%
Republican (278 participated)
Donald Trump 55.0%
Marco Rubio 27.0%
Ted Cruz 9.0%
Ben Carson 8.3%
John Kasich 0.7%
2) What influenced your vote the most? (324 participated)
No reason/ I don’t know – 50.9%
Education/ Free College – 18.5%
Terrorism/ Homeland Security – 10.8%
Religious Beliefs/ Morals – 8.0%
Economy/ Jobs – 7.1%
Other – 4.6%
“I am extremely proud of the participation of the students in our DCHS Super Tuesday mock election,” said Social Sciences Teacher Nate Kennard whose students helped him facilitate the mock election. ” We had an amazing 619 that voted and also had 377 that answered questions in our exit polls. It was an incredible day and it gave me an opportunity to answer many questions concerning the procedures of voting, the differences between primaries and general elections, and what candidate was in each party. The students in my classes that helped me facilitate the election did a great job and learned how instrumental exit polls are for the media when calling elections or understanding what influenced the voters the most. I was very happy with the turnout and the stories from students that went home after school Tuesday and paid attention to the actual Super Tuesday and its results,” said Kennard.
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