In mid-October, Drops of Ink conducted a mock presidential election among the student body of LHS. Last week, more than 150 million citizens of the United States cast their ballot for the next president. The following graphics compare the results of the DOI Mock Election to the U.S. Presidential Election. The national demographic data is from polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Polls. This data was found on The New York Times website.

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The presidential election garners much of the national attention, but there were also many important local races that will affect citizens of Illinois and Lake County. Here are graphics based on unofficial results . (This piece was updated at 9:49pm on 11/23 based on updated data).

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This chart shows the proportion of votes for president in Lake County of each type -- mail-in, Election Day and early voting. This year, traditional Election Day votes made up just over one-fifth of all votes cast in Lake County.