Tisch College's CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement) is the leading source of authoritative research on civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. College Students Choose to Vote “Back Home” in Swing States
In CIRCLE working paper (#66), authors Kim Castle, Janice Levy and Michael Peshkin assess the outcomes of an in-person campus drive in which students were offered a choice of college-state voting in Illinois, or home-state voting by absentee ballot. The study found that the great majority of students who came from swing states chose to vote back home. Students from swing states preferred home-state voting over local voting by an 8-to-1 ratio. The study also found high turnout rates both for students who voted locally and by absentee ballot. 79% of students who registered locally voted, and 84% of students who got an absentee ballot voted. Although absentee voting is more complicated than local voting, most students chose absentee voting. For more information on the research or to download the working paper, please visit CIRCLE's website.
Upcoming Webcast: “Agents and Architects of Democracy: The Struggle for the Future of Higher Education”
CIRCLE is a co-sponsor of "Agents and Architects of Democracy: The Struggle for the Future of Higher Education," a webcast on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Eastern.
The program begins with the question: How can higher education reverse the disturbing trends we see occurring: pressures for higher education to become increasingly a private good with students as customers, institutions as industries, and competitive success measured by how many are refused admission?
Registration is required. For more information on the webcast, click here.
