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Student Voting Behavior At The University Of Akron, Turner G. Anderson
Student Voting Behavior At The University Of Akron, Turner G. Anderson
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
This paper explores the voting behavior of students at The University of Akron. The paper begins by looking at the body of research surrounding student voting behavior in the United States as a whole. Much of the research challenges traditional notions of how to predict voting behavior, and it is noted that many of the generational behavior research is outdated and may not describe today’s students well. Some of the some of the potential obstacles to student voting both in Akron and the country as a whole are also explored.
For the analysis, the voter turnout rate in 2010 through …