Results in for first-ever statewide Tenn. Student Mock Election; Trump declared winner

NASHVILLE — The results are in for the first-ever statewide Student Mock Election, and a majority of students voted for Donald Trump as their choice for the next president.

A total of 165,968 students representing 479 schools from 90 of the state’s 95 counties participated, according to a release from the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office.

“I’m thrilled that so many students and teachers from across our great state got behind this project with such passion,” Secretary of State Tre Hargett said in the release. “Hopefully giving civics such an important role in the classroom translates into engaged citizens who continue exercising their right to vote when they are old enough to vote in real elections.”

For more in-depth information on the mock election, visit the Tennessee Secretary of State website.