AUGUST 2017 WHAT'S INSIDE 2012 & 2016 CAMPUS REPORT About This Report Your Institution's Voting Data Voting and Registration Rates Student Voting Rates for How Your Institution's Numbers Compare University of Wisconsin- Madison Your Students' Voting Data By Voting Method By Age Group By Education Level By Undergraduate Class Year By Enrollment Status By Gender By Field of Study
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AUGUST 2017
WHAT'S INSIDE
2012 & 2016 CAMPUS REPORT About This Report
Your Institution's Voting Data
Voting and Registration Rates
Student Voting Rates for How Your Institution's NumbersCompare
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Your Students' Voting Data
By Voting Method
By Age Group
By Education Level
By Undergraduate Class Year
By Enrollment Status
By Gender
By Field of Study
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About This ReportThank you for participating in the National Study ofLearning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE). SinceNSLVE’s launch in 2013, more than 1,000 collegesand universities have signed up to receive theirvoting rates for the 2012, 2014 and 2016 federalelections. Along with others, your institution’sparticipation in this study has allowed us to build arobust database of nearly 30 million college studentrecords, about 10 million for each election year, thatserve as a foundation for innovative research oncollege student political learning and engagement indemocracy.
NSLVE is a signature initiative of the Institute forDemocracy and Higher Education (IDHE) at TuftsUniversity's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.The mission of IDHE is to shift college anduniversity priorities and culture to advance politicallearning, agency, and equity. We achieve ourmission through research, resource development,technical assistance, and advocacy.
About the DataThe voter registration and voting rates in this reportreflect the percentage of your institution's studentswho were eligible to vote and who actually voted inthe 2012 and 2016 elections. These results arebased on enrollment records your institutionsubmitted to the National Student Clearinghouse(FERPA-blocked records excluded) and publiclyavailable voting files collected by Catalist.
Institutional voting rates are adjusted by deductingan estimated number of students identified by eachinstitution as non-resident aliens and reported to theIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data System(IPEDS). For breakdowns by studentcharacteristics, we cannot consistently adjust forstudents who are non-resident aliens, residentaliens, or undocumented students. This may resultin your institution’s actual voting rate being higherthan we report. To calculate that percentage, and toread more about NSLVE data, see our FAQ onCampus Reports. Please also see Creating andMaintaining the NSLVE Database paper for amore detailed study methodology.
Reviewing the DataUse the following key to interpret the charts:* = number of students is less than 10n/a = no data was collected or calculated for thisfield.
What to do next?
For up-to-date news on NSLVE data, resources andupcoming opportunities visit our website:idhe.tufts.edu.
q Review the data. This report provides abaseline measure of your students’engagement in democracy in 2012 and 2016,and compares your institution’s voting rates tosimilar institutions. Visit our website for morecomparison data.
q Share the report widely and strategically,including posting it online.
q Put your data into practice. Use our IDHEResources to guide you.
q Address your campus climate for studentpolitical learning, discourse, and participation.Start by bringing the IDHE team to your campusor using the IDHE self- assessment rubricavailable on our website.
q Partner with IDHE. We are available withvirtual office hours, webinars, brown bagdiscussions and in-person trainings.
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2012 2016 Change
Total student enrollment 39,753 40,514 761Age under 18/Unknown (161) (179)IPEDS estimated non-resident aliens (4,348) (5,153)FERPA records blocked (1,054) (739)
Total eligible voters 34,190 34,443 253
Number of students who registered 24,610 22,388 -2,222
Number of students who voted 18,151 16,806 -1,345
Registration rate 72.0% 65.0% -7.0
Voting rate of registered students 73.8% 75.1% 1.3
Voting rate 53.1% 48.8% -4.3
Difference from all institutions +6.2 -1.6
48.8%
2016 Voting Rate
Voting and Registration Rates
YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
2016 VOTING RATE
FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS
50.4%
CHANGE
FROM 2012
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72.0%73.8%
53.1%
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HOW YOUR NUMBERS COMPARE | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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53.1%47.5% 47.7% 46.9%48.8%
52.3% 51.9% 53.1%
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Difference from All Institutions Difference from All Institutions
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2012 2016Voted Rate Voted Rate Change
Absentee 5,220 28.8% 7,501 44.6% 15.9
Early Vote 36 0.2% 44 0.3% 0.1
Mail 63 0.4% 263 1.6% 1.2
In-Person,Election Day 12,188 67.2% 8,305 49.4% -17.7
Unknown 644 3.6% 693 4.1%
Total 18,151 16,806
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By Voting Method*
YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
* Your students' data broken down by voting method. If your campus has a high number of voting method "Unknown", it means that this information was not
reported by local officals where your students voted.
28.8%
0.2% 0.4%
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* Your students' data broken down by age at the time of the election. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were
too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.
Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.
By Age Group*
YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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* Your students' data broken down by undergraduate and graduate students. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they
were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.
Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.
By Education Level*
YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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46.7% 48.0%39.8%
48.7%
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* Your students' data broken down by undergraduate students' class level. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they
were too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.
Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.
48.1% 47.1% 46.2%48.5%41.5%
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YOUR STUDENTS' VOTING DATA | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
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* Your students' data broken down by part-time and full-time students. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were
too young, students whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table.
Please note that we are not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students.
Philosophy and Religious Studies 161 70 43.5% 125 50 40.0% -3.5
Physical Sciences 868 291 33.5% 917 348 38.0% 4.4
Psychology 1,010 490 48.5% 926 351 37.9% -10.6
Public Administration and SocialService Professions 663 415 62.6% 592 364 61.5% -1.1
2012 & 2016 Campus Report Appendix: Field of Study Voting Rates*
* Your students' data broken down by field of study. To provide more accurate voting rates, students ineligible to vote because they were too young, students
whose age data was not reported to the Clearinghouse, as well as records that were FERPA blocked are removed from this table. Please note that we are
not able to adjust these voting rates by removing non-resident aliens, resident aliens or undocumented students. The green and red highlighted values below
represent your campus's top three and bottom three voting rates by field of study.
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Social Sciences 2,149 894 41.6% 1,991 664 33.4% -8.3
Visual and Performing Arts 962 472 49.1% 790 377 47.7% -1.3
Unknown 1,153 871 75.5% 1,460 1,090 74.7% -0.9
About the data:NSLVE campus reports provide estimated registration and voting rates based on your institution's students who wereage-eligible to vote at the time of the election, using the best available data. We use enrollment records submitted byyour institution to the National Student Clearinghouse (FERPA-blocked records excluded) merged with publiclyavailable voting files collected by Catalist. As with nearly all voting rate calculations, some ineligible voters are difficult toparse out, such as international or undocumented students. We do, however, adjust institutional voting rates bydeducting an estimated number of students who are nonresident aliens based on your institution’s report to theIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). For more information, including reports on maintaining theNSLVE database, how ineligible voters might affect turnout rates, and tips for improving the data in your campus reportsvisit our FAQ page: https://idhe.tufts.edu/nslve/frequently-asked-questions.
Use the following key to interpret the chart:* = number of students is less than 10n/a = no data was collected or calculated for this field.
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Contact us:Institute for Democracy & Higher Education:National Study of Learning, Voting and EngagementLincoln Filene Hall, Medford, MA [email protected] | 617-627-4802