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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

NU Declassified: Northwestern students prepare for absentee voting, Iowa Caucus

NU Declassified: Northwestern students prepare for absentee voting, Iowa Caucus

February 2, 2020

DAN HU: Welcome to NU Declassified, a look into how Wildcats thrive and survive on Northwestern’s campus. I’m Dan Hu, and this week we’re looking at absentee voting. Most students at Northwestern...

 A student votes in the 2012 presidential election.

A student’s guide to the 2020 Democratic primaries

January 29, 2020

The day before the first 2020 primary election, members of the Northwestern College Democrats will knock on doors five hours away in Iowa, one of the most hotly contested election battlegrounds  “It’s...

NUVotes and local colleges’ initiatives encourage voting, civic engagement

NUVotes and local colleges’ initiatives encourage voting, civic engagement

January 10, 2020

The National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) at Tufts University reported in September 2019 that national college student voting increased from 19 percent in the 2014 midterm elections...

 Students react to election results at a Harris Hall watch party. On campus, enthusiasm for politics and the impending midterm elections seemed infectious.

For some Democratic students, the elections delivered as promised. Others hoped for more

November 7, 2018

On both sides of the aisle, the 2018 midterms elections were an opportunity to grab control of government. But while both parties — and some liberal Northwestern students — hoped for better, the nation...

Voters wait to vote at Parkes Hall in 2018. Northwestern does not plan to host a polling location this Election Day.

High turnouts lead to long wait times in Parkes Hall, but many voters stayed

November 6, 2018

Some South Campus voters waited for as long as two hours before voting at Parkes Hall on Tuesday. Students sat in the halls as they waited in line, some doing their homework or reading up on the election....

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