Our Great Quadrennial Election Simulation

Congratulations to all our Great Quadrennial Election Simulation Participants!!!!!  A review of the highlights follows:

Part I: The Debates:  As we detailed earlier, each advisory was responsible for advocating for a major issue or candidate (Obama; Romney; Stein; pro- and anti- questions 4,6, 7).  They each prepared a mini-speech, delivered by one of their members, in front of the whole school, judged by our fearless leader, Mr. Prashker.  Particular congratulations go to the groups represented by Abram Foster; Ben Levine; Miles Greenspoon; Jesse Solomon; Toyam Cox; Jordana Lachow.

Part II:  The Map Challenge.  Groups were challenged, using a map with only the state lines evident, to identify all the states (and the District of Columbia) with the correct postal code and the accurate number of electoral votes.  Most of the groups had a better than 90% accuracy level – special kudos to the following groups: Mr. Creeger, Ms. Wann, Ms. Carney, Ms. Stack, Dr. Prentiss, and my own!  As of this writing, Florida is still not official, so I cannot determine the final results because of the important “Electoral College Prediction,” but the following groups are the most likely to pull this off: Mr. Creeger’s, Ms. Carney’s, Ms. Stack’s, and my own, depending on how Florida falls out.  That being said, all the groups predicted the winner correctly.

Part III:  The Mock Election. The popular vote compared to the electoral vote of the Cardin School was somewhat reflective of the “real” election: the electoral vote was more “lopsided” than the popular vote, both in President Obama’s favor.  The majority of the school community also voted for the passage of questions 4&6, and narrowly defeated question 7.

We will announce the winner (and the prize) as soon as we know it!

I’m already looking forward to 2016 and seeing if the classes of 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 can keep up with the cohorts of 2007 through 2016!

~Leslie Smith Rosen