My hat is off to you for doing this, even though it's not with the expectation of winning. Your students are learning a valuable lesson about the whole political process. Are you going to have mock voting for them to take part in?

Also, are you familiar with this website?

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland