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Alex Sink Wins Gov Race in Students’ Mock Election

If students of Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) have their way, Democrat Alex Sink would be Florida’s next governor.  In mock elections held online, more than 30,000 Orange County students voted by a margin of 57 percent for Sink over Republican Rick Scott who garnered 43 percent of the students’ votes.    The OCPS students also selected Kendrick Meek as the winner in the race for U.S. Senate.

But, it’s a much different outcome than the actual results of  Florida voters in the November 2, elections where Republican Marco Rubio won convincingly the U.S. Senate race and Republican Rick Scott will take the reigns of office to become Florida’s next governor in January 2011.

Students in dozens of schools voted in conjunction with Kids Voting USA.  For the first time in school history, the mock election was held online.

The complete election results district-wide are in the table below:

Orange County Schools 2010 Results
U.S. Senate Florida
Name Party Votes Pct
Kendrick Meek DEM 12,951 38.25%
Marco Rubio REP 11,855 35.01%
Charlie Crist NPA 9,055 26.74%
Governor
Name Party Votes Pct
Alex Sink DEM 19,111 57.12%
Rick Scott REP 14,346 42.88%
Florida Attorney General
Name Party Votes Pct
Pam Bondi REP 20,094 60.20%
Dan Gelber DEM 9,642 28.89%
Jim Lewis NPA 3,640 10.91%
Orange County Mayor
Name Party Votes Pct
Bill Segal n/a 17,329 52.30%
Teresa Jacobs n/a 15,806 47.70%
Do you think smaller classes make it easier to learn ?
Name Votes Pct
Yes 23,003 67.03%
No 11,314 32.97%
Do you think voting is important ?
Name Votes Pct
Yes 31,269 90.83%
No 3,156 9.17%
Did you discuss the elections with your parents ?
Name Votes Pct
No 20,160 58.68%
Yes 14,196 41.32%
Was the election discussed at your school ?
Name Votes Pct
Yes 24,818 72.19%
No 9,563 27.81%
Do you go with your parents to vote ?
Name Votes Pct
No 26,196 75.96%
Yes 8,290 24.04%

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