Monday, February 23, 2009

ASM constitution voter turnout

In light of today and tomorrow's ASM constitution vote, here's a 2005 University of Iowa study on Voter Turnout in Undergraduate Student Government Elections (Note: must log in with UW account to view)


The only student demographic variable to reach significance is the percentage of full-time students. The positive coefficient for this variable indicates that turnout tends to be higher at schools with more full-time students.

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Online voting appears to increase turnout, as indicated by the positive coefficient for this variable. The final significant variable, and the only election specific variable to reach significance, is the campaign advertising index. The positive coefficient means that turnout tends to be higher on campuses where student campaigns use many forms of advertising. ©Kimberly Lewis and Tom Rice, 2005

I guess two for three isn't bad... I'll put my bets at 16.4 percent.

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