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Albany High School                        
Mock Election Results                        
CA Presidential Election               National Totals are not yet final. Alameda County and California are.  
  October 22, 2008   October 30, 2008 November 4, 2008    
      AHS     CA Mock Election     Alameda County     State of California     United States    
    eligible   1,300     2,000,000     987,688     23,208,710     213,005,467    
    registered   750 57.69%   594,720 29.74%   803,009 81.30%   17,304,091 74.56%   169,000,000 79.34% (est.)
  voted   572 76.27%   276,155 46.43%   628,545 78.27%   13,743,177 79.42%   132,618,580 78.47%  
  updated   Wednesday, October 22   Tuesday, December 2   Tuesday, November 25   Saturday, December 13   Wednesday, December 24  
Presidential Candidates                        
Vote for One                      
                           
Alan Keyes (American Independent)     2 0.35%   2,056 0.74%   1,205 0.19%   40,673 0.30%   47,836 0.04%    
Barack Obama (Democratic)     492 86.01% ü 203,686 73.76% ü 489,106 77.82% ü 8,274,473 60.21% ü 69,457,159 52.37% ü  
Cynthia Mckinney (Green)     25 4.37%   4,072 1.47%   2,536 0.40%   38,774 0.28%   161,696 0.12%    
Bob Barr (Libertarian)     14 2.45%   2,697 0.98%   2,426 0.39%   67,582 0.49%   523,686 0.39%    
Ralph Nader (Peace and Freedom)     5 0.87%   6,556 2.37%   5,557 0.88%   108,381 0.79%   738,782 0.56%    
John McCain (Republican)     26 4.55%   57,088 20.67%   119,555 19.02%   5,011,781 36.47%   59,935,404 45.19%  
Write-in                 2,528 0.40%   20,236 0.15%   226,129 0.17%    
No vote     7 1.22%         5,632 0.90%   181,277 1.32%   1,248,403 0.94%    
Over vote     1 0.17%                            
Other candidates on state ballots                             279,485 0.21%    
                           
                           
Ballot Propositions                            
                           
                           
Prop. 2 Vote                          
  Yes or No                          
Treatment of Farm Animals                            
YES     424 75.44% ü 144,610 69.57% ü 414,123 70.57% ü 8,203,769 63.42% ü  
NO     105 18.68%   63,242 30.43%   172,719 29.43%   4,731,738 36.58%    
No vote     32 5.69%                      
Over vote     1 0.18%                      
Ambiguous                              
                           
                         
Prop. 4 Vote                          
  Yes or No                          
Minor's Pregnancy                            
YES     138 24.08%   95,009 46.74%   211,293 35.76%   6,220,473 48.04%    
NO     412 73.31% ü 108,257 53.26% ü 379,586 64.24% ü 6,728,478 51.96% ü  
No vote     22 3.91%                      
Over vote     1 0.18%                      
Ambiguous                              
         
Prop. 5 Vote                          
  Yes or No                          
Nonviolent Offenders                            
YES     384 67.37% ü 98,567 53.09% ü 289,041 50.33% ü 5,155,206 40.52%    
NO     144 25.62%   87,076 46.91%   285,216 49.67%   7,566,783 59.48% ü  
No vote     40 7.12%                    
Over vote     1 0.18%                    
Ambiguous     1 0.18%                    
       
Prop. 8 Vote                          
  Yes or No                          
Same Sex Marriage                            
YES     109 18.96%   90,574 43.38%   232,923 38.08%   7,001,084 52.24% ü  
NO     442 78.65% ü 118,196 56.62% ü 378,692 61.92% ü 6,401,482 47.76%    
No vote     21 3.74%                      
Over vote     2 0.36%                    
Ambiguous     1 0.18%                      
                           
Prop. 11 Vote                          
  Yes or No                          
Redistricting                            
YES     286 49.91% ü 79,684 46.33%   240,907 44.85%   6,095,033 50.82% ü  
NO     224 39.86%   92,324 53.67% ü 296,212 55.15% ü 5,897,655 49.18%    
No vote     60 10.68%                      
Over vote     3 0.53%                
Ambiguous