Trump wins CCHS mock election

Cannon County High School conducted a Student Mock Election on Thursday, October 27^th, 2016. U.S. Government and Sociology students in Mr. William F. Curtis's classes conducted the election during students' first period. These results of the mock election were uploaded to the National My Voice - Student/Parent Mock Election (NSPME) and Win My Vote website.

This program builds on the 36-year history of the National Student/Parent Mock Election, the leading program in student voting. More than 50 million young voters have participated while learning about the importance of using their own voice to share their perspectives on important issues.

"The History of The National Student Mock Election includes being co-founded by Edward Stanley and Gloria Kirshner in 1980, as the National Student/Parent Mock Election. After more than 36 years, and 19 elections, it still stands as the nation's largest civic education project and the world's largest national mock election."

Cannon County High School also participated in the Tennessee Secretary of State's Office of Civic Engagement Mock Election, and CCHS's election results were also uploaded to their website.

507 Total Students and 57 CCHS Staff Members voted in the Mock Election and their results are as follows:

Cannon County High School Mock Election

Results - Thursday, 10-27-2016

Total Students Voting = 507 out of 582 (87.11%)

CCHS STUDENTS:

President & Vice President of the United States

Electors For the following:

VOTES # & %

334 or 67.74% - REPUBLICAN - Donald J. Trump & Michael R. Pence

51 or 10.34% - DEMOCRATIC - Hillary Clinton & Tim Kaine

34 or 6.89% - INDEPENDENT - "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente & Michael Steinberg

14 or 2.83% - INDEPENDENT - Gary Johnson & William F. Weld

8 or 1.62% - INDEPENDENT - Alyson Kennedy & Osborne Hart

6 or 1.21% - INDEPENDENT - Mike Smith & Daniel White

12 or 2.435 - INDEPENDENT - Jill Stein & Ajamu Baraka

34 or 6.89% - Write-In Votes

U.S. House of Representatives - 6^th Congressional District

350 or 68.49% - REPUBLICAN - Diane Black

90 or 17.61% - DEMOCRATIC - David W. Kent

58 or 11.35% - INDEPENDENT - David Ross

13 or 2.54% - Write-In Votes

Tennessee House of Representatives - 46^th Representative District

383 or 76.5%- REPUBLICAN - Mark Pody

105 or 21.04% - DEMOCRATIC - Amelia Morrison Hipps

11 or 2.2% - Write-In Votes

CCHS STAFF:

President & Vice President of the United States

Electors For the following:

VOTES # & %

33 or 57.89% - REPUBLICAN - Donald J. Trump & Michael R. Pence

10 or 17.54% - DEMOCRATIC - Hillary Clinton & Tim Kaine

5 or 8.77% - INDEPENDENT - "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente & Michael Steinberg

1 or 1.7570% - INDEPENDENT - Gary Johnson & William F. Weld

0 - INDEPENDENT - Alyson Kennedy & Osborne Hart

0 - INDEPENDENT - Mike Smith & Daniel White

0 - INDEPENDENT - Jill Stein & Ajamu Baraka

3 or 5.26% - Write-In Votes

U.S. House of Representatives - 6^th Congressional District

38 or 66.66% - REPUBLICAN - Diane Black

10 or 17.54% - DEMOCRATIC - David W. Kent

3 or 5.26% - INDEPENDENT - David Ross

1 or 1.75% - Write-In Votes

Tennessee House of Representatives - 46^th Representative District

39 or 68.42%- REPUBLICAN - Mark Pody

11 or 19.29% - DEMOCRATIC - Amelia Morrison Hipps

2 or 3.50% - Write-In Votes

U.S. Government students at Cannon County High School encourage all Cannon County citizens to please exercise the right to vote in this very important election on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016!