The Bernie and Ben Show

131 Winneshiek County high school students Thursday night participated in all or part of the Winneshiek County Iowa High School Caucus.

The bipartisan Iowa Youth Caucus had 22 counties participating.  The events are organized by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate's Office, in conjunction with the Republican Party of Iowa and the Iowa Democratic Party.

Iowa high school and middle school students took part in both a Republican and Democratic mock caucus, and cast votes for the presidential candidate of their choice for both parties. More than 1,600 students registered to take part in the Iowa Youth Caucus.

Here are the results for Winneshiek County:

REPUBLICANS (100 participants):

Ben Carson – 32%
Jeb Bush – 19%
Rand Paul – 19%
Marco Rubio – 15%
Ted Cruz – 7%
Chris Christie – 3%
Carly Fiorina - 2%
Lindsey Graham – 1%
Rick Santorum – 1%
Donald Trump – 1%

DEMOCRATS (132 participants):

Bernie Sanders – 64.39%
Hillary Clinton – 15.91%
Martin O'Malley – 15.15%
Uncommitted – 4.55%

Here are the statewide results from 22 counties:

REPUBLICANS (971 participants):

Ben Carson – 22.35%
Donald Trump – 15.25%
Marco Rubio – 14.83%
Rand Paul – 14.01%
Ted Cruz – 8.34%
Jeb Bush – 7.52%
Carly Fiorina – 5.25%
Chris Christie – 2.57%
John Kasich – 2.27%
Rick Santorum – 2.27%
Mike Huckabee – 1.34%
Bobby Jindal – 0.93%
George Pataki – 0.82%
Other/Write-in – 1.54%

DEMOCRATS (984 participants):

Bernie Sanders – 52.74%
Martin O'Malley – 24.09%
Hillary Clinton – 14.74%
Uncommitted – 8.43%

"I hope this was a fun, educational event for the students that will spur them to become involved and participate in civics in their community," Secretary of State Paul Pate said.

Students huddled to discuss their presidential candidate preferences