Nearly 90% of students at Minnesota's St. Olaf College will vote in the 2024 election. NBC News' Joe Fryer reports on how non-partisan 'election ambassadors' who encourage classmates to cast their ballots.
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — On average, about two-thirds of students on college campuses get out and vote during every presidential election cycle, according to Tufts University Institute For Democracy & Higher Education. But one college in Minnesota blows the rest out of the water. St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking home the top prize in the All In Campus Democracy Challenge as the most civically engaged college campus in the country.
The students admit that living in Minnesota helps. It has led the nation in voter turnout during the past three presidential elections and is one of the easiest states in the country to cast a ballot. Minnesotans can vote by mail, vote early or even register on Election Day, all contributing to the college’s record-breaking turnout last presidential cycle. “We’re really starting on third base here,” said political science professor Christopher Chapp, who advises St. Olaf’s election ambassadors.
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