LISBON — Despite the fact that Donald Trump was in town just days ago, Hillary Clinton beat the Republican presidential nominee in a mock election Wednesday at Lisbon High School.

Clinton won with 101 votes over Trump’s 80. Gary Johnson received 21 votes, Jill Stein, 3, and there were some write-ins votes for Bernie Sanders, said social studies teacher Dean Hall, who oversees student mock elections.

What makes Lisbon High’s mock election interesting is that since 1980, Lisbon students have voted the way the nation did, correctly forecasting the president, with one exception: 2000.

“We have this mantra, ‘As Lisbon High goes, so goes the nation,’” said Hall, who has overseen student elections since 1980.

The one election that didn’t turn out the way Lisbon students voted was when  Bush won over Gore. But, Hall pointed out, in that year Gore won the popular vote, and Florida’s thin margin and disputed ballots sent the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of Bush.

Hall said he thought Trump’s visit to Lisbon’s Open Door Bible Baptist Church’s Christian Academy would sway more students to vote for him.

“Apparently, it did not,” Hall said. “We had kids who left school to see him.”

Compared to other presidential elections, students this year seem more aware of this election, Hall said, which isn’t surprising considering the drama.

Like real voters, Lisbon students felt strongly toward Trump or Clinton, and repeated what’s been said in the media, Hall said, such as, “Some don’t like Hillary,” “Trump would make America great again,” or “Hillary is competent and Trump can’t be trusted.”

The last election that was this nasty was in 1800, when John Adams ran against Thomas Jefferson, Hall said. In that campaign, derogatory statements were made, such as if Jefferson were elected, incest would be a daily requirement, and that if Adams were elected, “We’d get a king again,” Hall said.

After Jefferson won, “John Adams refused to go to the inauguration,” he said.

Hall said he holds the mock elections to give his students a taste of what they’ll experience as adults in the real world, to show the importance of voting.

The election was held in the school cafeteria. Some had to decide whether to eat lunch or vote, Hall said.

“They had to wait for their time to vote, exactly like what you have to do in the real world,” he said.

Lisbon High School mock election

209 voters, 60 percent turnout

President: Hillary Clinton, 101; Donald Trump, 80; Gary Johnson, 21; Jill Stein, 3; write-ins or no answer, 4.

2nd Congressional District: Bruce Poliquin, 119; Emily Cain, 84; write-ins or no answer, 4.    

Question 1, Legalizing recreational marijuana: yes, 137; no, 68; no answer, 4.

Question 2, School funding: yes, 107; no, 96; no answer, 6.

Question 3, Background gun checks:  yes, 100; no, 107; no answer, 4.

Question 4, Raising minimum wage: yes, 119; no, 87; no answer, 3.

Question 5, Ranked-choice voting: yes, 88; no, 117; no answer, 4.

Question 6, $100 million transportation bond: yes, 127; no, 76; no answer, 6.