db:votereg.pr            97-178              CONTACT:  Carol S. Evans, 301-217-6450
                         

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
REGISTER TO VOTE              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 4, 1997

     
     A total of 4,598 Montgomery County public and private high school students registered to
vote during the recent Annual High School Voter Registration Drive.
     The Board of Supervisors of Elections, in cooperation with the Board of Education,
registered students at 21 public and 7 private high schools in the County from April 28 through
May 2.  This drive was held in conjunction with the election for the student member on the
Montgomery County Board of Education.
     Students who served as registrars for the participating schools were trained by election
officials to register voters.  Individual schools then conducted their own drives with the
student registrars registering their peers.
     Party distribution of the registered students included 1,900 Democrats, 1,041 Republicans,
18 Reforms and 1,639 who declined to affiliate with a party.
     Since 1971, the annual high school drive has registered 97,536 voters in the County.
     Students who will reach their eighteenth birthday by November 3, 1998 are eligible to
register to vote.  For more information call the Board of Supervisors of Elections at 301-217-VOTE
or 301-217-6450.

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             PARTY DISTRIBUTION AMONG NEW VOTER REGISTRATIONS
                   ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATI0N DRIVE
                                 1971-1997
                        Montgomery County, Maryland    



YEAR
TOTAL
REGISTERED
PER CENT
DEMOCRATIC
PER CENT
REPUBLICAN
PER CENT
DECLINES


1971 
1705
61
29
10


1972
5654
67
26
7


1973
4061
63
28
9


1974
2374
60
23
17


1975
6100
57
25
18


1976
3566
56
28
16


1977
5640
58
28
14


1978
3440
56
29
15


1979
5290
55
29
16


1980
3712
49
39
12


1981
4906
46
38
16


1982
3603
49
34
17


1983
4854
48
32
20


1984
3932
48
35
17


1985
6233
38
44
18


1986
1135
38
37
25


1987
4610
43
36
21


1987
1764
39
39
22


1989
3463
43
41
16


1990
1597
39
43
18


1991
4590
39
38
23


1991
1347
41
37
22


1993
3415
48
28
24


1994
        1429
40
29
31


1995
        3994
45
28
27


1996
          524
41
26
33


1997
        4598
41
23
36


GRAND TOTAL
     97,536
48.4   
32.3   
19.3   




PARTY97.TAB







                MONTGOMERY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION

                       APRIL 28, 1997 - MAY 2, 1997




SCHOOL
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
DECLINES
REFORMS
TOTAL


BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE
147  
20  
107 
2
276


MONTGOMERY BLAIR
44  
4  
12 
0
  60 


WINSTON CHURCHILL
84  
36  
67 
3
190


DAMASCUS
62  
123  
120 
3
308


EINSTEIN
77  
22  
93 
1
193


GAITHERSBURG
66  
44  
95 
0
205


WALTER JOHNSON
117  
39  
79 
0
235


JOHN F. KENNEDY
33  
9  
25 
1
 68


MAGRUDER
129  
66  
108 
0
303


RICHARD MONTGOMERY
136  
30  
48 
0
214


PAINT BRANCH
37  
28  
30 
0
 95


POOLESVILLE
20  
27  
44 
1
 92


QUINCE ORCHARD
114  
83  
121 
2
320


ROCKVILLE
67  
 35  
 59 
0
 161


SENECA VALLEY
 88  
 47  
 87 
0
  222  


SHERWOOD
88  
60  
91 
1
 240


SPRINGBROOK
214  
67  
106 
4
 391


WATKINS MILL
124  
 61  
 93 
0
  278  


WHEATON
 28  
 23  
 51 
0
   102  


WALT WHITMAN
48  
23  
32 
0
103


WOOTTON
 69  
   37  
   58 
0
164


PUBLIC SCHOOL TOTAL
1,792  
884  
1,526 
18 
4,220  










BULLIS
13 
12 
12 
0
 37


CONNELLY
11 
11 
 8 
0
 30


GEORGETOWN PREP
12 
36 
14 
0
 62


GOOD COUNSEL
34 
33 
41 
0
 108 


HOLY CROSS
23 
55 
24 
0
 102 


LANDON
 4 
 4 
 8 
0
 16


STONE RIDGE
11 
 6 
 6 
0
 23


PRIVATE SCHOOL TOTAL
108 
157 
113 
0
 378 










GRAND TOTAL
1,900 
1,041
1,639 
18 
4,598  


STATS97.TAB

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