Elizabeth Bennion, PhD, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University South Bend Can civic literacy and engagement be promoted in 100% online courses, even in the midst of a social distancing campaign that requires students to stay largely confined to their homes? In an original PS Now essay Judithanne McLauchlan and I explain how civic learning…
Can civic literacy and engagement be promoted in 100% online courses, even in the midst of a social distancing campaign that requires students to stay largely confined to their homes? In an original PS Now essay Judithanne McLauchlan and I explain how civic learning goals rooted in experience can be advanced even when following CDC…
Developing this generation’s civic literacy is vital to maintaining and strengthening the foundation of democracy. There is an urgent need to improve civic education and promote civic literacy, knowledge, and engagement among today’s college students. At the same time, higher education institutions are under rising pressure to increase the number and variety of online courses….
Increasing voter turnout on your college campus can seem like an extremely overwhelming task at first. So many students, so little time! You may have asked yourself, “Where and how do I even begin?” While there isn’t a magic formula to increase turnout, there are certainly some steps that you can follow to increase the…
Voter turnout among young Americans has been dismal since 18-year-olds earned the right to vote with the passage of the 26th amendment in 1971. Even in 2018—a high water mark for youth voting—7 in 10 young voters failed to turn out. In most presidential and midterm elections it’s not uncommon to see older voters turn…
In 2016, it was the results from Wisconsin that put Donald Trump over the top in the Electoral College vote count to secure the presidency for the Republican Party. The election outcome was stunning, not merely because few polls predicted a Trump victory, but because of the path to victory itself: the reliable Democratic strongholds…
Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X now make up a majority of the voting eligible population, However, they are not just strong in number. They also have quite a few similar views about the role of government. They are typically more progressive than older generations in their political preferences, and unified on some key issues…
While people all around the world celebrate various forms of political representation, few realize that adequate representation in a democracy is not possible without a thorough and scientific count of the population. Recognizing this dilemma, the founders of the United States included the taking of a decennial census as part of the Constitution. This year…