A Sealth High School student weighed the issues and candidates on the ballot in a mock election for students in Washington State, meant to instill a sense of civic engagement before they turn 18 years old.
Update 11/4/16
Hillary Clinton, Jay Inslee, and Patty Murray all emerged victorious in the statewide High School election results as tabulated by the Washington State Secretary of State's office. Students from across the state took part in the exercise meant to promote more civic engagement.
The results were presented on line today.
President
Clinton 19,234 votes 49.92%
Trump 11, 530 29.93%
The results for Sealth alone were even more lopsided for Clinton
Clinton 531 69.23%
Trump 88 11.47%
Governor
Jay Inslee 22063 57.26%
Bill Bryant 16465 42.74%
U.S. Senator
Patty Murray 24222 62. 87%
Chris Vance 14306 37.13%
You can see the full results here including statewide ballot measures.
https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/mock-election/#/results
and filter out for Sealth only.
Original Post 11/1/16
Chief Sealth International High School took part in mock elections held Nov. 1, voting on the same measures and candidates as adults. The ballots were all on computers and part of an effort to promote civic engagement.
The Mock Election is a non-partisan, educational event that teaches kids to be informed voters. Nearly 130,000 students have voted in Washington's annual Mock Election since 2004.
The results of the mock election will be published on the Washington State, Secretary of State's page on the afternoon of Nov. 4. A tab on the site will indicate results broken out by city, and school.
Sealth Social Studies teacher Noah Zeichner explained that 1000 students at Sealth would vote (the school has 1120 students) and that they tend to lean Democrat in this area.
"The main idea is to start to instill the importance of civic engagement and voting in them now before they turn 18 so the can practice now and continue voting for many years to come."
To learn more about the program watch the video Students Becoming Citizens.
