Mississippi is a solidly red state, especially in more rural areas. Areas with university campuses tend to lean blue, although college students do not drive voter participation. Mississippi State University is no exception, unfortunately, with college student levels of participation lower than the national average. Yet, thanks to extensive work by student groups on the…
According to the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), Oklahoma college students register to vote at rates consistently lower than the national average. Specifically, at the University of Oklahoma, the student voter rate is between 4 and 6% lower than that of other institutions, and although groups of students show high levels of…
In late February and early March, Washington state voters will be able to engage in their first full-blown presidential primary. And it’s a particularly important election, given that the state’s primary will come with at least the Democrat nomination still potentially in doubt. Until this year, Washington was one of nine states that still used…
The Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primary mark the official beginning of the 2020 election season, though campaigning has been going on for a full year before the first primary votes were cast. Below, I present an overview of the coming months from the perspective of Alabama. Primary and general elections on the presidential and…
As the country navigates the momentous episode of an impeachment, the political arena also presents other significant challenges with the Democratic party in full primary season. While these are transcendental events, there are other substantial issues that also deserve our attention, like the barriers to voter registration facing the Latinx community in Florida. In Florida,…
On March 3, Colorado joins 13 other states in holding presidential nominating contests as part of Super Tuesday. A few features of this contest are new and fairly novel for presidential nomination contests, so this seems like a good space to discuss some of them. What is particularly noteworthy is that Colorado’s Democrats will be…
Every state has some sort of primary election to help assist each political party in obtaining their nominee for President. Some states have closed primaries, others have open primaries, and a select few have caucuses. In 2020, three states – Iowa, Nevada, and Wyoming –will have presidential caucuses, with Iowa having a caucus for both…
Read this post in Spanish If it seems peculiar to you that the Republican and Democratic parties host presidential primaries in Puerto Rico, a non-incorporated territory of the US whose residents cannot vote in the general election, you are not alone. Only 4% of eligible voters residing in Puerto Rico cast a vote during the…
Texas has been an important state during the past three presidential nomination cycles for both Democrats and Republicans, and the March 3, 2020 primaries will likely be influential for candidates seeking the 2020 Democratic nomination. Texas has the 3rd largest allocation of pledged delegates (228) to the Democratic National Convention. For Texans not already registered…
Malik Sekou, professor of political science and history at the University of the Virgin Islands, is a guest contributor for the RAISE the Vote Campaign. The views expressed in the posts and articles featured in the RAISE the Vote campaign are those of the authors and contributors alone and do not represent the views of…