Friday, October 31, 2008
News Obama wins by 17-to-1 margin ...
Posted by Ken Edelstein on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:53 PM
... but it was just a vote of Atlanta Public School students. According to an APS press release:
Obama crushes McCain
in APS student mock election
More than 17,000 students in 70 Atlanta Public Schools participated in a national mock election Thursday, chosing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over Republican rival John McCain by a margin of more than 17-to-1. ...
Obama garnered 15,798 votes or 92 percent of ballots cast, compared with McCain’s 910 votes or 5 percent. Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney won 99 votes, independent Ralph Nader won 62, Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party won 59 and Libertarian Bob Barr won 45.
Of course, 80-something percent of Atlanta Public School students are black, and African-Americans nationally are polling around 98 percent for Obama. I wonder what the mock vote would have been in Cherokee County.
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