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NOTABLE PRESS QUOTES
“A hotly contested mock political convention at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., the boomingest of the quadrennial campus mass ventures into political prediction.”
--Time Magazine, 1972
“Who needs the caucuses or the primaries when you've got Washington & Lee? We can tell you that in 17 out of 22 tries, students there have successfully predicted who would be nominated at the presidential conventions.”
--CNN Saturday Morning News, 2004
“On a campus where tradition is hallowed, Mock Con, as it is known, sits in a trinity with the honor code and the tradition of speaking to strangers. Since 1948, the students have picked wrong just once…”
--The New York Times, 1996
“One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious mock conventions, the university simulation has proved a remarkably accurate forecaster in modern times.”
--The Washington Post, 1996
“The mock convention - which dominates talk every four years around this country town in Southwestern Virginia - mirrors the real thing in almost every way”
--The Washington Times, 2004
“The young gentlemen entered into the meeting with the zest of seasoned politicians plus the enthusiasm of collegians.”
--The Lexington Gazette, 1908
Press Clippings
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