Student Voting on Western Illinois University Campus Up in 2020

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 data was compiled by the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE), creators of the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE). IDHE is located at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life. “Voting improved at Western across racial and ethnic groups, as well as for most majors and fields of study reported,” said WIU Political Science Chair Keith Boeckelman. “We... Read More