Eighth Graders to host Iowa Caucus Friday

Running an Iowa Caucus by Mitchell
The election season is here, and Mr. Shilhanek’s 8th grade class is performing its own mock Iowa caucus. Unlike an ordinary primary, caucuses are interactive and public. Each student has been assigned to represent a candidate in teams, and those teams will perform a 2-minute speech about their candidate’s position on three main issues. After the candidates give their speeches, they will set up camps. The rest of the middle school student body will choose which candidate to support. In an Iowa caucus, Democratic candidates need to earn 15 percent of the eligible voters attending the caucus in order to earn delegates. If candidates do not reach the 15 percent threshold, supporters of other viable candidates will attempt to persuade them to support their candidate. Republican caucus attendees normally listen to candidate supporter’s speeches, take a poll to determine delegates, and leave, but at Quest, those candidates will join the caucus. The Quest 8th grade caucus candidates will need 10% of supporters in order to become viable for delegates. This has really shown me the process of the presidential election. I better understand the process of electing a president, which is explained in the Constitution.

image

image

image

image

0 comments