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What if our kids voted

Ever wonder how your kids would vote if they had the chance? They did, and in some cases, the results are surprising.

About 2,677 students at 19 schools in Windsor held their own election Monday, and while Drew Dilkens won with 15.6 per cent of the vote, Ernie "The Baconman" was the runner-up.

Windsor's perennial mayor candidate earned 210 out of 3,882 ballots cast in Student Vote.

Across Ontario, more than 150,000 elementary and secondary school students considered the future direction of municipal councils by casting a ballot in the mock educational vote.

Participating schools get learning materials and election supplies to help teach students about democracy, and the importance of engaged citizenship.

Some of the local results mirror the actual vote.

Fred Francis still won Ward 1. Rino Bortolin was re-elected in Ward 3.

Had eligible voters cast their ballots the same way students in Ward 2 did, John Elliott would have been re-elected. He earned 65.9 per cent of the popular vote.

If being an incumbent was an advantage, it did not help Ed Sleiman in Ward 5. He lost to Joey Wright. Ward 6's Joanne Gignac suffered a similar fate, losing to Terry Yaldo.

In Ward 7, there was a three-way tie. Barb Holland, Angelo Marignani and Albert Saba all earned 25 per cent of the vote, while incumbent Irek Kusmiercyzk came away with just 12.5 per cent.

Of the schools that participated in Windsor, King Edward Public School had the most significant civic engagement with 542 students taking part.

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