Schools
Students Vote Their Pick for Governor
SP-F schools took part in an annual "mock" election last week.
If students’ votes are any indication, then Jon Corzine will win re-election today.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood students joined children across the state last week in voting their pick for governor. It was all part of an annual New Jersey “mock” election, which is affiliated with the National Student/Parent Mock Election and sponsored by the Institute of Democratic Education. More than 980 N.J. schools participated this year.
Statewide totals revealed that Jon Corzine, the Democratic candidate, received 46.8 percent of the votes cast. Republican Chris Christie received 31.8 percent of the Mock Election vote and Independent Christopher J. Daggett received 13.5 percent. Seven other independent candidates received a total of 7.9 percent of the statewide vote.
Here in Scotch Plains-Fanwood, the schools opened up voting via online and print ballots to their students.
“The idea of democracy is definitely focused on throughout the curriculum,” said Bradley Siegel, the district’s social studies supervisor who coordinated the voting this year.
While votes are still being tallied, and will continue to be updated through the general election on Nov. 3, here are the results that have been posted thus far for SP-F schools on the mock election’s Web site.
Evergreen Elementary - Corzine and Weinberg (Democratic) 13 37.14%
Christie and.Guadagno (Republican) 15 42.86%
Daggett and Esposito (Independent) 5 14.29%
Coles Elementary - Corzine and Weinberg (Democratic) 32 28.83%
Christie and Guadagno (Republican) 50 45.05%
Daggett and Esposito (Independent) 13 11.71%
McGinn Elementary - Corzine and Weinberg (Democratic) 131 44.86%
Christie and Guadagno (Republican) 105 35.96%
Daggett and Esposito (Independent) 56 19.18%
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