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Tumwater school with history of predicting presidents posts results of mock election

Lisa Pemberton, staff writer • Published October 23, 2012

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Black Hills High School students have a reputation of accurately predicting the next president through their mock elections.

“In regards to the presidential election, I think we’ve called it every time,” said social studies teacher George Rother.

About a dozen candidates and campaign representatives for several political races – including president, governor, legislative district and secretary of state – participated in the the Tumwater school's Candidates Forum on Friday.

Afterward, the students voted in a mock election. Final counts showed the Obama-Biden ticket winning with 447 votes. Romney-Ryan received 225 votes.

To see other results of the mock election, which was a civics lesson for the entire school, click here.

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