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Look To Polk Students For Presidential Prediction

Posted Nov 3, 2008 by Jennifer Leigh

Updated Nov 3, 2008 at 03:28 PM

Polk County students will head to the polls tomorrow for a mock election with a pretty solid track record.  The Polk County School District has successfully predicted the winning presidential ticket for the past three elections—1996, 2000 and 2004.

The mock election begins at 9 a.m. and continues until 1 p.m.  It’ll even be broadcast on several cable stations in Polk County.  On Election Day, you can watch the mock results on Bright House Networks channel 614, Comcast Cable channel 26 and Verizon FiOS channel 45.  The school district’s cable television stations do not air any advertisements, so you can watch without enduring countless political ads.

Kids aren’t the only ones voting, though.  Staff, faculty, administration, food service, maintenance and other support personnel will also cast ballots in the mock election.  The results will be sent to the district’s “Election Headquarters” at the Jim Miles Professional Development Center in Lakeland.