In this fraught election season full of disputes and recounts, some evidence that our national polarization is trickling down:
Four of our team students ran for student council. Two had most of the votes, one with a marginal plurality, but neither with a majority, and so we held a run-off. The results were 50.5% to 49.5%, or in this case, victory by a single vote.
On the same ballot, the students voted for the t-shirt design. Of four choices, there was a 3-way tie for second, and a winner by 3 votes.
It seems like there might be a lot of unhappy sixth graders out there.
On the bright side, we had 90% participation.
Hopefully, this is not where voter disillusionment starts.
Four of our team students ran for student council. Two had most of the votes, one with a marginal plurality, but neither with a majority, and so we held a run-off. The results were 50.5% to 49.5%, or in this case, victory by a single vote.
On the same ballot, the students voted for the t-shirt design. Of four choices, there was a 3-way tie for second, and a winner by 3 votes.
It seems like there might be a lot of unhappy sixth graders out there.
On the bright side, we had 90% participation.
Hopefully, this is not where voter disillusionment starts.
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