Go to wdtv.com or wboy.com and research the election results for Barbour County and the state of WV. Summarize the results and the voter turn out. Were more winners democratic or republican? Were more male or female? Were there more incumbents that won or not? Answer why are elections important? Why do we have elections? Why do you think it is important to vote?
The election votes in Barbour County were Tim McDaniel Republican for County Commission and Phil Ferguson Democrat for Sheriff. There was only a 37 percent turnout which is one of the lowest since 1950. Republicans won this state as Shelly Moore Capito won US Senator for WV and David McKinley won US House of Representatives. Most of the ones that won were male Republicans. For the House of Delegates the Democrats lost 19 seats to the Republicans and for State Senate 8 seats were flipped from Democrat to Republican which is now 17 to 17.
Elections are important so that they people can vote for people who have the same views and thoughts on how things should be ran in our State and County. We have elections for that reason so that we can get someone in certain areas to get things done the right way. I feel that if we didn't vote than we would could end up with one persons view on everything and it could make people lose jobs and money. Everything changes and the people in offices should change to so that we can always have a fresh start.
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