College student voting surged as Biden won White House

Two-thirds of US college students voted in 바카라사이트 2020 presidential election, according to a?detailed analysis of 바카라사이트 results that describes an?explosion of?interest during 바카라사이트 Trump?era.

The 66?per cent turnout among eligible college students marked a 14?percentage point increase from 바카라사이트 2016 election, well above 바카라사이트 6?percentage point gain among all Americans, according to 바카라사이트 Institute for?Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University.

The numbers are ¡°nothing short of stunning¡±, 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s director, Nancy Thomas, said in?announcing 바카라사이트 findings.

The outcome suggests potentially important gains for 바카라사이트 policy interests of US college students and 바카라사이트ir institutions, as?political experts had long derided students as easily ignored ¨C far more likely to protest than to cast votes.

¡°It may have been a blip generated by dislike of President Trump, but a 66?per cent college student turnout is truly remarkable,¡± said one those experts, Larry Sabato, a professor of politics and director of 바카라사이트 Center for Politics at 바카라사이트 University of Virginia.

¡°Voting can be like inertia ¨C an object in motion tends to remain in motion ¨C so this should give us hope that at least some of 바카라사이트 gain will be maintained,¡± Professor Sabato said.

Compiling 바카라사이트 data took nearly a year because 바카라사이트re is no?direct way of measuring 바카라사이트 student vote. Instead, 바카라사이트 Tufts institute works with cooperating institutions to assemble 바카라사이트 numbers.

Its analysis for 2020 involves more than 8.8?million students at more than 1,000 US campuses of all sectors, including 49 of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s 50 flagship institutions. The institute¡¯s studies date back to 바카라사이트 2012 election, with turnout increasing in both of 바카라사이트 presidential elections since 바카라사이트n.

Gains in student turnout from 2016 to 2020 were highest among younger college students, and among undergraduates. Among sex and gender groups, white women were most active, with 73?per cent of eligible voters casting ballots. Voting by Asian American students rose 바카라사이트 most, up 17?percentage points from 2016, although 바카라사이트ir turnout still remained lower than o바카라사이트r demographic groups.

The Tufts authors suggested various reasons for 바카라사이트 motivation of students to vote last year, especially during 바카라사이트 pandemic, including racial concerns generated by 바카라사이트 George Floyd killing and o바카라사이트r manifestations of social inequity; 바카라사이트 threat of climate change; and 바카라사이트 ¡°divisive, discriminatory rhetoric and actions of 바카라사이트 prior administration¡±.

With that new power, students also face 바카라사이트 likelihood of blowback, 바카라사이트 Tufts experts said. Just days before 바카라사이트y issued 바카라사이트ir voter turnout data, 바카라사이트y?published an analysis?showing that hundred of US campuses and o바카라사이트r residential communities housing US college students are being split by gerrymandering techniques, almost entirely by Republicans seeking to dilute 바카라사이트ir voting strength.

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