2016 Voter Turnout Dropped At HBCUs, Climbed At Women's Colleges, Study Finds
Voter turnout was up among college students by more than the nation as a whole in the last election, a Tufts University report says. But that turnout varied greatly across different types of colleges.
by Danielle Kurtzleben
Sep 20, 2017
2 minutes
Voter turnout among college students nationwide was up by 3 percentage points in the 2016 election, according to a new report — faster than turnout growth among all voters. But depending on the type of school, that turnout grew either far faster or in some cases plummeted.
The report, , looks at voting records for nearly 10 million American college seen among all voting-age adults.
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