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R.I. students give Obama landslide victory

6:17 PM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 |
Mike McKinney    Email

Democrat Barack Obama powered to an overwhelming presidential victory this week among thousands of Rhode Islanders -- except that they can't really vote for him yet.

Obama carried 72.07 percent percent of the votes in the state's Student Mock Election. Republican John McCain got 24.24 percent. Perennial third-party candidate Ralph Nader got 1.11 percent, and the rest of the presidential candidates each mustered below 1 percent.

Many schools in the state held mock elections as part of a national project, sponsored locally by Newspapers in Education program of The Providence Journal. It was the first time students could cast their ballots online. The online ballot included statewide referenda questions and a survey on what students believe is the most important issue in the campaign.

According to final tallies, from yesterday and today, 17,426 students voted in the mock election for president and state and local offices, with: 9,225 paper ballots, 4,483 on the National Student/Parent Mock Election Web site, and 3,718 on projo.com/nie's Web site.

Video: Rhode Island youngsters having their mock say in the voting booth.

Click continue for more tallies:

U.S. Senate from Rhode Island:
Incumbent Jack Reed, Democrat 75.56 percent
Robert Tingle, Republican: 24.43 percent

U.S. Representative, District 1, Rhode Island:
Incumbent Patrick J. Kennedy, Democrat: 32.52 percent
Jon Scott, Republican: 7.29 percent
Kenneth Capalbo, independent: 3.7 percent

U.S. Representative, District 2, Rhode Island:
Incumbent James Langevin, Democrat: 37.49 percent
Mark Zaccaria, Republican: 18.99 percent

Asked, "If miracles could happen, which past president would you choose to lead the country?" the voting went:

Abraham Lincoln 33.1 percent
John F. Kennedy 18.12 percent
Bill Clinton 15.7 percent
George Washington 13.05 percent
Franklin Roosevelt 7 percent
Ronald Reagan 6.74 percent
Thomas Jefferson 2.24 percent
Theodore Roosevelt 3.08 percent
Harry Truman 0.47 percent
Dwight D. Eisenhower 0.45 percent

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reality check said:

Shows how Badly Educated Students these days are, Government schools teaching government fools!
Remember Democrat is just a party name! It does not mean they stand for Democracy! Obama is a socialist, he himself declared over 3 years ago that he was not qualified for National Office! Take his word for it kids, hes not qualified to be president.
Oh and only school kids and uneducated Rhode Islanders would keep putting a Drug Addict like Kennedy back in Office.
If people really wanted change they would change who they send to Washington!

Link | October 30, 2008 7:34 PM
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Jake said:

Looks like the kids are smarter than "reality check" to me.

Of course, he probably thinks Sarah Palin, who strongly supports the profit tax on Alaska oil companies that yields $3000 per Alaskan family is a pure capitalist.

Link | October 31, 2008 1:38 PM
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