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.

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Read about non-college youth from the Christian Science Monitor