Bolingbrook High School Picks Barack Obama for President

The results are in -- Bolingbrook High School has overwhelmingly picked Democrat Barack Obama for president. 

Thousands of Bolingbrook High School students voted last Tuesday in a mock presidential election. Students chose from three candidates: Libertarian Gary Johnson, Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama. 

But students only saw Candidates A-C on their ballots. 

"We wanted the students to get involved in politics," said Kristin Sarama, who teachers freshman history and heads up this year's mock election committee. "We wanted them to do the research based on beliefs, not whether or not they know the name." 

Before the mock election, Social Studies teachers reviewed the platforms of each candidate with their students. Six main issues were reviewed: economy, health care, education, personal liberty, personal equality and the role of the U.S. military.

The school votes broke down as such: 

• Barack Obama: 72 percent 
• Mitt Romney: 16 percent 
• Gary Johnson: 12 percent. 

Votes across the four grade levels were consistently high for Obama. He received 70+ percent of votes from freshmen to seniors. Romney received 7 percent from both freshmen and sophomores. He received 16 percent from both juniors and seniors. 

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