[Vision2020] Fwd: Mock Election

[Donovan Arnold]

Tom Ivie writes:
  
  "I don't see how it (mock election) can reflect the ballot when the children  (gradeschoolers) don't even know who the candidates are.  Even if they  did, they only represent a small demographic of the population  (representative of their parents views -maybe).  Keep in mind that the  high school is the only group that makes an effort to research the  candidates and the props, constitutional amendment, etc."
  
  Sadly Tom, that is also true of the adult voters.
  
  Best,
  
  Donovan J Arnold

Tom Ivie <the_ivies3 at yahoo.com> wrote:I  don't see how it can reflect the ballot when the children  (gradeschoolers) don't even know who the candidates are.  Even if  they did, they only represent a small demographic of the population  (representative of their parents views -maybe).  Keep in mind that  the high school is the only group that makes an effort to research the  candidates and the props, constitutional amendment, etc. You have to  remember that the old, the young- 18+, and everyone in-between, has the  opportunity to vote for real.  Their views may or may not  represent the 1500 children.  How many of the parents have more  than 1 or 2 kids in school?  How many votes would this actually be  a "poll" for? In fact, I seem to recall Shirley Ringo losing twice in  the Mock Election when she actually won the general election.  The  truth of the matter is this; we will know the outcome of the election  late night Nov. 7th (barring any unforseen "chad" problems).

Tom Trail   <ttrail at moscow.com> wrote: >
>
>Visionaires--you may be interested to checking out the mock election 
>results which represent some 1,500 votes from Latah Co. students. 
>This often reflects what we will see on November 7th.
>
>Tom Trail
>
>>
>>The correct link to their web site is:
>>
>> http://community.palouse.net/lwvm/
>>
>>and the Mock Election Results are at:
>>
>> http://community.palouse.net/lwvm/MockElections.html

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