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People, Parties, and Principles

On October 28, the Upper School Student Council of Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY, held an election featuring 5 presidential candidates, each represented by a surrogate student who presented their candidate's stance on "Iraq, Afghanistan, healthcare, abortion, the bailout, gay marriage, drilling for oil, immigration, death penalty, public education, and Israel."¹ What the students didn't reveal was their candidate's gender, race, or name.

The results? Ralph Nader won with 46% of the vote, followed by Barack Obama (29%), Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney (17%), John McCain (4%), and Libertarian Bob Barr (2%).

1.  "Voting for the President—A New Type of Transparency," Berkeley Carroll School, October 28, 2008.