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The winner of the 2008 FBLA Mock Presidential Election is Barack Obama who received 70% if the votes. Below are pictures from poles which were done using technology.

ONE Vote Can Make A difference..
 * Election results, on average, are determined by little more than half the eligible voters in our CITY, COUNTRY, STATE, and NATION. Why? Because many voters hold the belief that their single vote will not make a difference; it will not change the outcome of an election. THEY'RE WRONG!! On many occasions, if not for one single vote, our history books would have been much different. Some pretty important things in world history were decided by just one person exercising his/her right to vote.

For Example: By ONE VOTE: Adolph Hitler won leadership of the German Nazi party in 1923. By ONE VOTE: Congress saved the U.S. Army from instant collapse by voting on August 12, 1941 to extend the Selective Service Act of 1940 (about to lapse), for another 18 months. Less than 4 months before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By ONE VOTE: Thomas Jefferson won the American presidency over Aaron Burr when the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. By ONE VOTE: John Quincy Adams became President in a dead-lock between Adams and Andrew Jackson 1824. By ONE VOTE: Rutherford B. Haynes became President over Samuel Tilden in 1876. By ONE VOTE: Charles I of England was executed in 1649. By ONE VOTE: Oliver Cromwell won control of England in 1645. By ONE VOTE: Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845. By ONE VOTE: President Andrew Johnson was saved from impeachment. By ONE VOTE: The English language was chosen over German for America in 1755. By ONE VOTE: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho became a part of the United States. By ONE VOTE: France was changed fom a monarchy to a republic in 1875. By ONE VOTE: Marcus Morton became Governor of Massachusetts in 1839. By ONE VOTE: A Texas Convention voted for Lyndon. B. Johnson over ex-Governor Coke Steven in a contested Senatorial election in 1948. If one more person in ten Cook County (Illinois) precincts had voted for Richard M. Nixon in 1960, John F. Kennedy would not have been elected President. SO YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT!!!!! Don't waste it by staying home.

//You only have the power if you decide to use it.// **

==MEET THE CANDIDATES!! Keep in mind these are sites set up by the candidates so they will reflect the hopeful president in the __best__ light! I suggest you also visit other sources to get an unbiased perspective on each candidate. One clue is to see who owns and/or funds the site you are visiting to see from what angle they are reporting information on the candidate! Remember the Republicans and Democrats will sponsor/fund a sight to speak against the other party. This is a **//marketing strategy//**. Be sure to read the fine print because your VOTE and your future depends on it!==

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