DEFOREST, Wis. — Similar to March Madness brackets, it’s pretty difficult to guess which way all 50 states will be called in a presidential election, but one DeForest student pulled it off.
Grace, an 8th grader at DeForest Middle School guessed correctly each state that went blue and each that went red.
The challenges was created by a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and former social studies teacher who wanted to get students excited about learning.
More than 10,000 students, from every state, participated in the national challenge, and only 4 students picked the perfect map.
“I researched a little bit to figure out what states would be blue or red and I looked at some states that would be called in the beginning,” Grace said. “And I did get really into it, I got really competitive and tried my best.”
This was Grace’s first time participating in the challenge. She says she wasn’t interested in politics before this, and she really didn’t think she had a chance at winning.
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