New Hampshire Students Give Nod To Trump, Ayotte; Pappas, Goodlander For Congress In 2024

DURHAM, NH — Nearly 11,000 students from dozens of middle and high schools around New Hampshire participated in the 2024 mock general election and split their tickets.

During the past week, K-12 students cast ballots during the NH PBS Student Mock Election for president, governor, and the two Congressional districts. The voters, 10,819, gave Donald Trump 50 percent of the vote (5,505) in the presidential race compared to 43 percent to Kamala Harris (4,658). Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, received 2 percent of the vote — 252 votes, while Libertarian Chase Oliver received 251 votes. Other candidates received 153 votes.

Student voters overwhelmingly picked Kelly Ayotte for governor, 53 percent to 36 percent for Joyce Craig (5,912 to 4,107). Libertarian Stephen Villee received 8 percent, nearly 900 votes. Other candidates received almost 200 votes.

While Republicans were chosen in the presidential and gubernatorial races, Democrats were selected in the Congressional races.

In the first district, Chris Pappas swamped opponent Russell Prescott by more than 2,000 votes, 3,757 to 1,731, or 67 to 31 percent, with other candidates receiving 65 votes. The race, however, was a tad tighter in the second district: Maggie Goodlander bested Lily Tang Williams, 53 to 43 percent (2,198 to 1,792). One hundred and 26 voters cast ballots for another candidate in the 2nd Congressional District.

Students in New Hampshire have been voting in mock elections since 2000. Student voters have correctly predicted the presidential winner in every race but 2000 when they narrowly voted for Al Gore over George W. Bush.

Next door, in Maine, more than 140 schools participated in the election and chose Trump over Harris by a 11 percent margin. Nearly 22,000 students in Maine voted.

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