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Election Simulations in the DR

May 11, 2008

randall-h-millerThe Political Science Club at my school recently conducted an election simulation. Each of the three major Dominican presidential candidates (Leonel Fernandez, Miguel Vargas, Amable Aristy) were represented by students who campaigned and debated the issues. The finale was a school-wide election (pre-k through 12th graders voted). This video is a brief overview of the work that went into the project. The election results are at the end. Can you guess who won? Who came in second? Third?

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10 Responses to “Election Simulations in the DR”

  1. RHI on May 11th, 2008 6:45 pm

    Spectacular job !!!. Very impressive. Congratulations to all.

  2. JD Jones on May 12th, 2008 5:32 am

    Young minds at work are always impressive

  3. DG on May 12th, 2008 9:24 am

    What a great experiment to do with the kids…..good work Randy!

  4. RHM on May 12th, 2008 9:32 am

    I should have added that the faculty and staff did not participate at all. This was completely student run from beginning to end and only students could vote.

    We are also in the process of collecting post-election surveys to help determine why students voted the way they did (debate performances, family affiliations etc). I’ll post the info. here when I have it.

  5. gaby on May 12th, 2008 5:19 pm

    We looked so professional! :) great job!;)

  6. Lester on May 13th, 2008 6:40 pm

    Which student decided to play the part of Ann Coulter?

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  8. raymi on May 14th, 2008 7:54 pm

    What a great activity this was. Every student in the school learned a little from this experience. Can’t wait to find out what the survey reveals about their voting preferences. Super Job to all of you!!!

  9. ale on May 14th, 2008 11:06 pm

    that is not true about miguel vargas porcent cause a lot of babies cant dicide.

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