As campaign season came to an end, Spalding decided to partake in a Mock election. This event was hosted by Spalding students and took place right outside the cafe. Throughout the day, students stopped periodically at the table, worked by students, to cast their votes! The motive for this event was for students to participate in an election simulation and get a sense of how a Democracy works. Students would walk up to the table, get checked in, then vote on a Google Form for their selected delegates and receive an “I voted” sticker. It was critically important that all voices were heard.
Additionally, this process taught an important lesson on how every vote mattered. As the day passed and results concluded, most votes were cast for Donald Trump for US President and Larry Hogan for US Senate. Students based their opinion on how each candidate ran their campaign. The chart below shows how each candidate ran their campaign:
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Kamala Harris
Party: Democratic
Age: 59
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Candidates
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Donald Trump
Party: Republican
Age: 78
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- Supports raising taxes on corporations and high-income households to fund paid family and medical leave, affordable child care, and student and medical debt forgiveness.
- She promises to help first-time homebuyers financially and punish businesses with unfair prices.
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Economy
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- Wants to put a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods and an even higher one on Chinese goods, hoping that it will protect American jobs and reduce America’s trade deficit with China.
- He also plans to continue with tax cuts.
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- She supports broad immigration policy. The rules for how to come to the U.S. legally and safely should be updated.
- She wants to improve border security and protect young people from deportation.
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Immigration
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- Promises an intense crackdown on immigration that would include deportations of immigrants who are in the country illegally.
- He also wants to ban people who could be considered threats from entering the US.
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- She believes that climate change is an urgent threat.
- She supports the Inflation Reduction Act and the Paris Agreement.
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Environment
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- He denied that climate change is real.
- He wants to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and prioritize drilling for oil and gas.
- He also wants to downsize the Environmental Protection Agency.
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- Supports women’s reproductive rights and wants Congress to pass protective rights for women.
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Reproductive Rights
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- He gives all the states the power to make their laws regarding abortion.
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- She will continue to support NATO and provide military aid to Ukraine.
- She has also affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself and called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
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U.S. Role In The World
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- He will reevaluate the purpose of NATO. He says that he will put an end to the war with Ukraine and Russia but will step back from providing military aid to Ukraine.
- He will continue to support Israel strongly.
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