Whoa! what a week.
I did not realize till the end that we did 83.5 hours of Political Science and Campaigning.
During the week I knew we were doing a lot I just did not think we did THAT much.
On election night we watched TV (for the first time in a week) to see some results,
and it was kinda discouraging seeing all the Republicans losing and the Democrats winning.
But then we looked up the candidates who we were working for all week, it was nice to see that most of them were winning.
one of our candidates, in the preliminary results lost by four votes then a recount showed that he won by two votes.
At the end of the week our Program Director, Justin Horsman said to all of us “You basically saved the state of Maine” which sent chills up my spine.
To see how I, a Ninth Grade Homeschooler had changed the results of the election by doing something out of my comfort zone by knocking on countless doors and making hundreds of phone calls, it was a very humbling feeling.
In the end, out of the six candidates our group campaigned for, five of them won their races, and this was the very first Student Project here in Maine.
So I bet the Maine GOP will fund us again in the next election.
I definitely will be looking forward to this again in two years.
