Donald Trump Finishes With Slim Victory In a Closely-Divided Cinnaminson HS Student Mock Election
Donald Trump, left, and Hillary Clinton are seen in a screen shot taken from a debate from earlier in the election season.
November 7, 2016
In an election that has divided many Americans, Cinnaminson High School seems to be no different than many states across our country.
According to election results that were done through informal polling via EdModo from Cinnaminson High School’s Social Studies classes, Donald Trump finished with a slim lead over Hillary Clinton, 41% to 39%. Libertarian Party representative Gary Johnson ended with 14% of the vote and Green Party representative Jill Stein won only 6% of the vote.
These results are drastically different from statewide results according to results that were published by njmockelection.org, where 74 school districts across NJ participated, with a grand total of 65,696 students casting votes for a final tally that had Clinton winning 56% of the vote to Trump’s 29%, Johnson’s 10% and Stein’s 6%.
Keep in mind that Cinnaminson is traditionally a Republican-leaning town and the results of the CHS election make more sense in comparison with the state results of all students.
After all the commercials and blustering from both candidates, Business teacher Mrs. Ferry still has not chosen a winner.
“These two candidates are tough,” Mrs. Ferry continued. “It’s a very difficult election and I still don’t know who I’m voting for.”
However, senior Gianna Waerig seems to be casting her vote for Hillary Clinton.
“I have heard a lot of bad things about Trump, so I’m gonna go with Hillary. I don’t really follow politics though,” Gianna confessed.
The results of the voting from njmockelection.org also asked students from grades 5-12 to cast votes about what party they would be voting for in the House of Representatives, whether they supported the recent gas tax and if they believed in term limits for our elected congressional officials. The historically Democratic-leaning state of New Jersey had students who said they would vote Democratic (61%-39%), oppose the gas tax (64%-36%) and overwhelmingly supported term limits for our elected congressional officials (67%-33%).
However, when it all is said and done, CHS ELA teacher Mrs. Carroll shared a sentiment that a lot of have whispered or outright stated in recent weeks about the two leading presidential nominees.
“I don’t like either candidate,” Mrs. Carroll shared.
