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‘Hilary Clinton’ beats ‘Donald Trump’ in students’ elections

As a rule these days, in all schools from primary schools to universities, all student leaders must be elected by others into their positions. So, as usual and as is the law, the elections were scheduled for last week. All the nominations were done with ease. No complains. Campaigns kicked off with all the enthusiasm and funny promises made to the voters. However, although the elective posts were more than 20, only a few caught the attention of everyone. The top of pressure was on the student’s council president post; only two candidates applied and were all verified after the vetting; boy (nicknamed ‘Donald Trump’) and a girl (‘Hillary Clinton’).

 
Immediately the campaigns began, everybody felt threatened that ‘Donald Trump’ was going to be the president of the student’s council. Soon after the nomination, ‘Trump’ gathered a big group of boys led by those without good discipline records. Every evening, he was carried shoulder high to the field where he addressed his supporters. On weekends, the campaigns looked like someone was vying for at least a parliamentary seat. Nearly all other contestants were aligned to ‘Donald’.

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