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UPDATE: Obama, Brown Projected to Win Braintree Schools Election
Students across Braintree voted this morning in a mock election for President, U.S. Senate and Representative.
UPDATE Nov. 6: With all schools reporting, here are the final results of the Braintree Public Schools election:
PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT
U.S. SENATE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (MA 8th)
Obama-Biden (Inc)
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Romney-Ryan
Brown (Inc)
Warren
Lynch (Inc-9th)
Selvaggi
Braintree High School
(including FDK & PreSchool)
153
803
396
0
805
422
935
278
Ross
30
192
93
0
-
-
-
-
Liberty
44
262
160
0
-
-
-
-
South
64
329
259
0
405
178
306
224
Flaherty
43
202
179
0
240
121
79
106
East (ME-NE method)
45
425
253
25
419
259
446
221
Hollis
48
281
232
0
401
127
298
225
Highlands
201
225
43
-
-
-
-
Morrison
43
282
158
0
277
188
-
-
Electoral Votes
470
68
Popular Votes
2695
1797
2547
1295
2064
1054
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President Barack Obama appears to have handily won re-election this morning, while U.S. Sen. Scott Brown trounced Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren.
That is, according to voting by Braintree Public Schools students, who cast their ballots Monday morning in an event staged to encourage democratic participation among the town's youth.
Social Studies Director Gorman Lee projected the winners based on results so far and said an official tally will likely be ready by Tuesday morning.
As of about 2:30 p.m. Monday, Obama had captured 2,494 votes to Mitt Romney's 1,572. The incumbent garnered more than enough electoral votes to retain his presidency, taking 427 so far to Romney's 26 (it takes 270 to win).
In the U.S. Senate race that appears tight statewide one day ahead of Tuesday's voting, Braintree students went for Brown 2,270 to 1,107 over Warren, with Morrison and Highlands yet to finalize their numbers.
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch also more than likely kept his seat in the BPS election, nearly doubling Republican challenger Joe Selvaggi's vote total of 1,054.
Each school's electoral heft was based on its student population. For instance, Braintree High has 1,537 students and 153 electoral votes, while the smallest school, Flaherty, has 428 students and 43 votes.
The governor of each "state" was the school principal, the citizens were students and the electors were selected teachers. Voting took place during extended homeroom, in the afternoon before dismissal, during lunch, social studies classes and through early voting. Students could vote by secret ballot, show of hands or other methods.
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