Campus Politics Will College Students Vote

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Campus PoliticsWill College Students Vote?

• By Amanda Gillis and Toshikazu Imayoshi

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What Percent of Students Vote?

• Out of 27,808
• 42 Do vote
• 58 Do not vote

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What Percent of Students Vote?
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Things Students Are Doing

• Mailing flyers.
• Informal and formal events.
• Going door-to-door on campus.

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Why Are Students Doing This?

• To get students excited about going to the
  polls.
• They feel college students are more isolated.
• To make them aware of the issues.

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Is it Working? Responses Students Get.

• "Later"
• "I don't have time right now"
• "I don't know"
• "Maybe"

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Why are Students Doing It Then?

• To Inform of the Issues and How They Impact
  Them.
• To elect people of their political party.
• To let them know how it pertains to them.

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What Are Mount Students Doing?

• Had a phone drive.
• Had a debate.
• Writing newspaper articles.
• Painted "The Rock"

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Will It Make a Difference?

• Data Says-Maybe
• Maybe more in a Presidential Election

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• Campus Politics From storming dorms to abject
  apathy. Retrieved Oct. 25,2006 from
  http//www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/06/cnnu.electi
  onprep/index.html
• Table 2.  Reported Voting and Registration, by
  Race, Hispanic Origin, Sex, and Age, for the
  United States November 2004 Retrieved Oct.
  26,2006 from http//www.census.gov/population/socd
  emo/voting/cps2004/tab02-1.xls