Electoral Engagement

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

Electoral engagement is explored from a range of important perspectives. Papers address the recruitment of young people to serve as Election Officers as a mechanism for building community relationships and trust in the electoral process, voters’ connectedness to society and their sense of their duty to vote, the messages college students received from their universities about the 2020 election and their civic engagement, and the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on college students’ voting behavior.

Sub Unit

• Division 58: Civic Engagement

Individual Presentations

• Call of Duty: Engaging Young People in Election Administration - Carah Ong Whaley, Center for Politics at UVA

• Dutitful, Connected People. Social Connectedness and the Duty to Vote - Carol Galais, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; André Blais, University of Montreal

• Examining University E-mails Surrounding the 2020 U.S. Elections - Lindsey Meeks, University of Oklahoma

• Student Voting Habits in Light of COVID-19 Disruptions - Nadine Suzanne Gibson, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Chair

• David E. Campbell University of Notre Dame

Discussant

• Bobbi Gentry Bridgewater College