I am a teacher at Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, the home city of Barack Obama. Last week, our AP Government and Politics teacher organized a mock election in the school. Results are below.
413 students took part in the mock election and here are the results, which are sure to be mirrored by the country on Nov. 4th.
Barack Obama (D) 372 (90%)
John McCain (R) 30 (7%)
Other 11 (3%)
There you have it. The youth of America have spoken. My students are passionately pro-Obama, partially because of his race and his hometown of course, but also because they connect to him on the issues and, most importantly, because they see him as someone who will actually think about them and their concerns when he is sitting in the Oval Office.
Obama 08!
Edit: The demographic breakdown of our school is approximately 92% Latino, 7% black, and 1% white. Clearly, Obama is having difficulty winning over the Latino vote.