As most readers are probably aware, Election Day was Tuesday, and over 300 electoral votes went to President Obama, securing a second term for him and bringing joy to many students and staff at our school. But if the President (and other positions) were elected by students in the state of Missouri, how might 2012 have turned out?

It appears that, despite Missouri’s history as a typically Republican state, 93,347 students who participated in Kids Vote would have reelected Obama; that’s nearly two-thirds of all polled. His challenger Mitt Romney received only 31% of the votes (the remainder went to the Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson).

In the race for Senator, Claire McCaskill enjoyed a large victory over the Todd Akin — a margin of 67% to 28% — likely due to Akin’s infamous remark that in “legitimate rape,” a woman’s body could “shut the whole thing down” and avoid becoming pregnant.

Indeed, across the entire Kids Vote ballot, the Democratic candidates won every office except for U.S. Congress in Districts 2 and 3, in which Republicans Ann Wagner and Blaine Luetkemeyer won (narrowly in Luetkemeyer’s case, with only 7% more votes than their Democratic rival Eric C. Mayer).

Those results aren’t surprising; young people in college and high school are traditionally more Democratic than Republican, drawn to the Democratic party’s liberal social stance (the Republicans’ emphasis on business resonates less with students, who don’t have to handle economic matters in their household).

But enough of Missouri. What were the results in our school district? Combining Brittany Woods and U. City High, the results are telling. As many predicted, Barack Obama won the Kids Vote in U. City — with a staggering 94.24% of votes! Romney took a pitiful 3.65% from our district (with Gary Johnson receiving 2.11%).

Claire McCaskill also enjoyed a landslide “victory” with 89.32% of votes over Todd Akin’s 6.5%. Indeed, in every poll, the Democratic candidate received at least 74% of votes. As mentioned above, this isn’t surprising, due to the party’s liberal policies (although Obama likely gained some support in U. City due to his race and personality).

Of additional note is Proposition B, the movement which suggested increasing the cost of cigarettes in order to discourage their purchase and use. In both U. City and the state as a whole, kids voted in approval of the proposition (a ratio of 76.29% to 23.71% in our district), presumably because most students don’t smoke tobacco. Regrettably for the kids, the adult population of Missouri voted down the proposal.

In short, the Kids Vote results prove that, as ever, students in high school and junior high in Missouri are overwhelmingly Democratic.