By Matthew Denton on April 8, 2021 |
It was hard to ignore the enthusiasm surrounding the presidential election on campus last semester. Students hung signs on dorm doors advertising phone banking, held debate-watching sessions, and in the aftermath of the campus strike, had conversations about how to advance the nation in addition to the school community. Some even changed their registrations from their home states to Pennsylvania, knowing that it was a key swing state that could determine the election.
âStudent organizers did a great job of registering students to vote and making sure they knew all of the various
ways they could vote,â said Zach Oberfield, a professor in the political science department. âThere was a lot of confusion about mail-in ballots, the trustworthiness of the USPS, etc. and I think student groups really helped to ease concerns and provide accurate, timely information.â