Results

Students in New Jersey, ranging from grades 4-12 voted primarily via electronic ballots. Students submitted votes for five categories: House of Representatives, Senate, whether they vote by party loyalty or by the issues, should President and Congress be from the same or different parties, and whether or not the nation would benefit from the rise of a strong third party. Votes were received from students residing in each congressional district. These votes were tallied up to generate the result by Congressional District and by Grade.

Students either submitted their ballots individually online or a representative from each participating school district collected the voting results and submitted them via an online form. In total, all 12 Congressional Districts participated, with a total of about 24,500 students casting votes. 12,533 students were from grades 4-8, and 11,935 were from grades 9-12. Below is a table with the total students per grade.

In each map, the color of the congressional district represents the candidate or issue stance that received the most votes. On House of Representative and Senate maps, red represents the Republican candidate and blue represents the Democrat candidate. On issue maps, green and red are used instead of party colors.

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Senate Map

Here is the final Senate results. Blue district means Menendez received the most votes, and red means Hugin received the most votes. The yellow buttons can be clicked on to see total percentages.

House of Representatives Map

Here is the final House results. Blue district means the Democrat representative received the most votes, and red means the Republican representative received the most votes. The yellow buttons can be clicked on to see total percentages.

The Current Issues

We asked the students three opinion questions: 1) Do you vote by party loyalty or by candidate and issues, 2) Is it better for Congress and the Presidency to be of the same party or different parties, 3) Would the country benefit from the rise of a third party? Below are charts showing results by Congressional District of all three questions.