An exploration of the data and recent studies on student voter trends and motivations, including areas of growth and opportunities for campus community members to organize their students.
This Election Showed Science Really Is Rising!
Andrew Rosenberg, director, Center for Science & Democracy | December 18, 2020, 12:37 pm EDT
Back in January 2020, the scientific community (like much of the country) was gearing up for “the most important election of our lifetime.” Building off the successes from the 2018 midterms, Science Rising was ready to mobilize people to fight for science, equity, and justice by focusing on increasing STEM student voter turnout. Of course, civic engagement and voter turnout this year looked much different than we were envisioning. But our network of science organizations and students across the country embraced new and creative ways to make sure that their communities and campuses were registered, had the information they needed in order to vote safely, and were able to turn out in record numbers across the country.