Ocracoke School Goes for Obama
Teacher Gwen Austin oversees the school voting booths while Casey Tolson and Alin Tellez cast their ballots.
Mitt Romney's share was 25.3%. Middle school Language Arts teacher Shea Youell was a write-in candidate with 3% of the vote, with high school math teacher Terry Burns taking 2%.
In other races the results were:
Governor: Dalton 70%.... McCrory 22%
U.S. House: Anderson 67%.... Jones 32%
Lt. Governor: Coleman 65%.... Forest 32%
N.C. House: Tine 80%.... Lawson 20%
Ocracoke School's first and second grades held their own election. Barack Obama also proved popular with the six to eight year-olds, beating Mitt Romney 21 – 7.
Ocracoke Current will let you know how the adults voted when results are posted by the Hyde County Board of Elections.
