Social studies teacher Lori Keough of Glenbard High School found herself flummoxed

Democrat Teacher Can’t Believe Kids Would Vote For Republican

By Warner Todd Huston
Monday, October 25, 2010

Last week I spied a short piece at Illinois Review http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illin ... chool.html about a post on My Suburban Life http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/itasca/fe ... k-election
that detailed the story of a left-wing teacher that was shocked that a majority of her students in DuPage County, Illinois voted for Republican Representative Peter Roskam in the school’s mock election.

Social studies teacher Lori Keough of Glenbard High School found herself flummoxed that her students voted for every Democrat on the fake ballot but Representative Roskam, a Republican. Glenbard High is situated in Roskam’s 6th legislative district.

Students picked Republican Peter Roskam for the 6th district, with 52 percent of the vote, compared to Democrat Benjamin Lowe, who brought in 44 percent. For the other elections, students mainly voted for Democrats.

Social studies teacher Lori Keough was surprised by yesterday’s results.

“Just because DuPage County is so Republican, I was shocked that Democrats won every single race except for Roskam,â€