AGENCY TESTIMONY
Analysis of CUNY student voter registration and turnout statistics
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Denise Maybank presents detailed statistics on CUNY student voter registration and turnout rates across different types of elections and student populations.
- Higher voter registration and turnout rates among senior colleges and graduate/professional programs
- Variable registration rates across elections, ranging from 43.8% to 71.8%
- Highest turnout rates for presidential elections (72.3% in 2020)
- Lower turnout rates for municipal elections and midterms
- Data segmented by senior and community colleges for comparative analysis
Denise Maybank
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These data have provided insights into the voting behavior of community students.
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With data segmented by senior and community colleges, we observe voter registration and election turnout to be higher among our senior colleges.
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Our senior college students and highest among those students enrolled in graduate and professional programs, which get counted in that senior college category.
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Registration rates are variable across elections with a low of 43.8% in the 2022 midterm election and a high of 71.8 in the 2020 presidential election election.
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Election turnout rates are highest for presidential elections, who would have thought, with the highest reported number being 72.3% for the 2020 election.
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And lowest on average, I'm sorry, for municipal elections, although the lowest reported rate 17.3 was for the 2014 midterm election.
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Student voice in action.