The voters have spoken in Lower Mayfair, and Barack Obama is a winner in a landslide.
On Monday, the students at Blessed Trinity Regional Catholic School participated in a mock presidential election. Voting was open to more than 600 youngsters in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
When all the votes were counted, President Obama easily defeated Mitt Romney by 402–200.
Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein, whose names appeared on the Pennsylvania ballot, were not included in this election.
Librarian Susan McCall coordinated the mock election.
Until this year, Blessed Trinity was known as St. Timothy. The new name is the result of a merger between St. Tim’s and Pope John Paul II, in Bridesburg. The merged school is located at Levick and Hawthorne streets.
The students have been learning about the election since the start of the school year. Teachers outlined the history and the process of presidential elections. Music classes sung patriotic tunes.
The children in the upper grades will analyze the vote totals and statistics for math class.
Leading up to the voting, the sixth-grade art classes designed posters, many featuring donkeys and elephants, the mascots of the Democratic and Republican parties.
The incumbent Democrat prevailed thanks to posters that read, “Vote Obama all the way” and “Vote for Obama. Not Mitt Romney,” with a slash across a picture of an elephant.
The Republican challenger lost despite posters of support that read, “Vote for Mitt. He cares,” “Romney is the better choice” and “Romney for 45th President.”
The voters cast their ballots behind the privacy of a curtain. They used crayons — one color for Obama and another for Romney — to mark a paper ballot.
Each voter received a received miniature American flag after taking part in the election.
Blessed Trinity will be closed on Tuesday because it is the home polling place for the 55th Ward, 9th and 13th divisions. ••
