Over 13,000 Students in GST BOCES Component Districts have participated in mock elections for the last 3 presidential elections. This year students will have another chance to participate. Scroll down for complete details.
The voting has concluded for the 2016 Student Mock Presidential Election!!
GST Students Voted in 2004
In 2004, over 1800 students voted and the majority chose George W. Bush as the next president.
GST Students Voted in 2008
In 2008, almost 60% of the students who voted chose Barack Obama over John McCain.
GST Students Voted in 2012
In 2015, the students voted to re-elect Barack Obama in a victory over Mitt Romney.
How many students will vote in 2016? …
Who will the students choose as president? …
Will the student mock results match the actual election results? …
Fun Facts about Presidential Elections
More Fun Facts
A presidential candidate has won the election despite losing the popular vote four times in US history: 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000. In 1824, John Quincy Adams lost both the popular and the electoral vote, but the House of Representatives decided the outcome of the election because his opponent failed to secure a majority of electoral votes.
Throughout US history many political parties have come and gone, including the Federalist Party and the Whig party. In 1912 President Theodore Roosevelt left the Republican Party, formed the Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), ran as a Progressive, and lost.