Yesterday’s Pennsylvania
primary came six weeks after the last primary vote, making the Keystone State the center of intense campaigning
and attention. Over the past several
weeks and through Election Day, students demonstrated in myriad ways that they
are paying attention, getting active in the campaign and voting. A study by CBS News and UWire found the
overwhelming majority of young voters in Pennsylvania
paying attention to the race. It also
found that 9 out of 10 registered Pennsylvania
college students intended to vote. The
Swarthmore Phoenix profiled on-campus efforts by students to turn out their
peers for their favored candidate and the Saint Joseph Hawk reported record
activity and interest on campus.
Research shows, however, that non-college youth continue to be
disengaged from the presidential election.
Read more from CBS Read the CBS News, UWIRE Poll (pdf) Read more from Swarthmore Reade more from Saint
Joseph’s Read more from the Washington Post Read more from the Philadephia Enquirer Read about non-college youth from the Christian Science Monitor
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