[Durham INC] Fw: Kids Voting Durham 2009 Election Results!

[M. W. Shiflett - Hotmail]

Thank you to everyone who not only voted yesterday but also encouraged their children to participate in Kids Voting.  See below posting from Carolyn Kreuger,  KV Executive Director.

Please contact carolyn at kidsvotingdurham.org for the actual results.


The kids have spoken in Durham's 2009 Mayor and City Council Elections and the results may surprise you!  The full youth voting results are attached, along with a comparison with the adult results. Some highlights include:
  a.. Like adults, the majority of kids voted Mayor Bill Bell to a 5th term.  However, a much greater percentage of students than adults supported challenger Steve Williams. 
  b.. Unlike their adult counterparts, Durham's young people gave 22-year-old Donald Hughes the majority of their votes for the Ward I City Council seat over incumbent Cora Cole-McFadden. 
  c.. Kids re-elected Councilmen Howard Clement and Mike Woodard in City Council Wards II and III but also gave opponents Matt Drew and Allan Polak a greater share of their votes than did adult voters. 
  d.. As in 2007, students identified schools and safety as their top two priorities for Durham.  This year however, jobs and employment ranked as the 3rd most pressing concern with 30% of youth -- more than double than 2007 -- noting it as a top priority.
Durham results and school-by-school results will be available shortly on the Kids Voting Durham website. You can also find write up on the Election in today's Bull's Eye blog at the N&O and in Bull City Rising's "Fishwrap" for November 4:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/kids-vote-their-own-way
http://bullcityrising.com

Many thanks to the young people, volunteers, educators, and partners that made the 2009 youth elections possible and so sucessful.  Special thanks to the students who wrote candidate guides and led the youth candidate forum, to the Kids Voting Advisory Board, to the poll volunteers, and to Measurement Inc. for their partnership and ballot production and tabulation.  And thanks to all the candidates who engaged with Durham's young people in this year's local elections.

Regards,

Carolyn and the Kids Voting Advisory Board

Carolyn Kreuger
Kids Voting Durham
Durham Cooperative Extension
721 Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
919/560-7321
www.kidsvotingdurham.org
carolyn at kidsvotingdurham.org

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