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Around Annapolis: Annapolis Middle student body chooses Obama in mock presidential election

Published 10/31/08

Eighth-grade student Marisa Lee is impressed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's ideas on education and health care.

Diane M. Rey - For The Capital
Eighth-grade student Marisa Lee casts her vote for Barack Obama at a mock presidential election Tuesday  at Annapolis Middle School. The senator from Illinois won the student election by a landslide.
Annapolis Middle School held a mock election on Tuesday. Listen to see who students would vote for.
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"I was surprised that Obama was going to give free health insurance for kids," she said. It was one of the reasons she cast her vote for the senator from Illinois in Tuesday's mock presidential election at Annapolis Middle School.

Apparently, a majority of her peers at the school on Forest Drive agreed with her. Sen. Obama won the school's student mock election by a landslide, garnering 396 votes to Arizona Sen. John McCain's 73. Four students wrote in their vote for...

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