Student voting on WIU campus up in 2020
Student voting on WIU campus went up in 2020 compared to 2016.
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Student voting on WIU campus went up in 2020 compared to 2016.
Student voting at Western Illinois University increased 12 percent in last year's presidential election, moving from the 2016 rate of 45.3 percent, to 57.3 percent in 2020.
The college reported Monday, Nov. 1, that 70% of students voted in last year’s presidential election, compared to 61% in 2016.
A record-breaking 71% of eligible Washington University in St. Louis students voted in the 2020 presidential election compared with 66% of students nationwide and 67% of the American public. Never before have Washington University students voted at a higher rate than the general population.
DePauw University students voted at a significantly higher rate in the 2020 presidential election than in the 2016 election, according to a new study.