At the recent NC College Voter Summit, Dr. Nancy Thomas, the director of the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), shared a summary of data from the 24 participating NC colleges and universities. These data show an overall decrease in student voter registration and voting among NC students in 2016, as compared to 2012. The decline in NC is in contrast to national NSLVE student voting rates, which rose. National data is describe in the recent Democracy Counts report. You can view Dr. Thomas’s presentation, including the NC student voting data, here.
The NC colleges and universities currently participating in the NSLVE study are:
Davidson College
Duke University
Durham Technical Community College
East Carolina University
Elon University
Fayetteville State University
Guilford College
High Point University
Livingstone College
Mars Hill University
Mayland Community College
Meredith College
North Carolina A & T State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Queens University of Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wake Forest University
Warren Wilson College
Western Carolina University
Check out this NSLVE explanatory video to learn more: