NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Tennessee students are now part of a major milestone after successfully voting in the first-ever statewide Student Mock Election.
Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States if Tennessee students were casting real ballots.
165,968 students representing 479 schools from 90 of the state’s 95 counties participated.
“I’m thrilled that so many students and teachers from across our great state got behind this project with such passion,” said Secretary of State Tre Hargett while announcing the results at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in Smyrna where the winner was decided by just four votes. “Hopefully giving civics such an important role in the classroom translates into engaged citizens who continue exercising their right to vote when they are old enough to vote in real elections.”
This is how the votes break down across the state:
Students in preschool through high school from public and private schools as well as home school associations in Tennessee participated. Ballots let students choose between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and all qualified independent presidential candidates, but schools conducted elections locally in different ways.