Makeshift voting booths lined a large room in the 1912 Center last week for the League of Women Voters’ mock election. Around 850 high school social studies students from the Moscow area gathered throughout the day to cast their ballots in the mock election. This mock election happens every two years and has been a tradition of the League of Women Voters for the last 30 years.
Not only does the mock election teach and encourage high schoolers to vote, according to Moscow League of Women Voters member Catherine Strickland, the mock election results have correctly predicted the election results for the past 30 years.
This year Republican party nominee Donald Trump won the mock election with 318 votes. Democratic party nominee Kamala Harris received 266 votes.
Susan Ripley, a member of the League of Women Voters for 15 years, stated that the students love participating in the polls.
“In my opinion it’s the best event that the League of Women Voters holds,” Ripley said.
Ripley also said that the mock election used to be for all local schools but changed to just the high schools in 2014.
“I hope what they will do is vote when they are 18,” Ripley said. “Some are already 18 and have voted early. We hope to press the importance of voting on the younger students.”
The other results of the election are as follows:
The U.S. representative winner was Russ Fulcher.
The Senator winner was Julia Parker.
The State Representative Seat A winner was Lori McCann.
The State Representative Seat B winner was Brandon Mitchell.
The County Commissioner 2-year term winner was Tony Johnson.
The County Commissioner 4-year term winner was Jason Stooks.
The Latah County Sheriff winner was James Fry.
The Constitutional Amendment was voted yes.
Proposition 1 was voted no.
Andrea Roberts can be reached at [email protected].