NJ Students Back Obama in Mock Election
Recent polls show Barack Obama easily winning New Jersey in the upcoming presidential election.
And he’s also proven to be the overwhelming choice of students in the Garden State.
Hundreds of thousands of Jersey students – from kindergartners to high schoolers – took part in the National Student/Parent Mock Election.
The results announced last night showed Obama capturing 67.5 percent of the votes cast by about 264,000 students from 677 schools in New Jersey, while Republican John McCain got 29.7 percent.
Besides the presidential race, students also voted for the U.S. Senate and House contests in New Jersey.
Incumbent Democrat Frank Lautenberg won the Senate race, getting 50.2 percent while Republican Dick Zimmer received 29.3 percent.
In the House races, all the incumbents won. And Democrats John Adler and Linda Stender captured open seats in the 3rd and 7th districts, respectively.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
