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ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp Students Recognized Nationally for Voting in 2018

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November 12, 2019

Platinum campus voting rate badgeStudent participation in elections continues to increase at the University of Northern Colorado, with 53% of ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp students voting in the 2018 midterm election.

ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp’s turnout, above the national average, resulted in recognition from the , a national, nonpartisan initiative that supports efforts to increase turnout.

In 2018, over 6,300 ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp students voted — an increase of over 16-percentage points from 2014 when 2,313 ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp students voted.

According to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, an initiative of Tufts University’s Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, voter turnout at the more than 1,000 institutions participating in the study increased by 21 points from 19% in the 2014 midterm election to 40% in the 2018 midterm election.

ÌðÐÄÊÓƵapp Students and the 2018 Election:

  • Over 78% of students registered to vote in 2018, an increase of six-and-a-half percentage points compared to 2014.
  • Over 82% of students mailed in their ballots, which was the most popular method followed by voting in person (12.7%).
  • Graduate students had a voting rate of almost 59%
  • Undergraduate students in 2018 had a voting rate of 48%
    • Juniors and seniors: 52%
    • Sophomores: 49%
    • Freshmen: 42%
  • Among the fields of study with the highest voting rate were history (63.6%) and education (59.4%).

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