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Elections

CSUSM Voting Stats

 
All in gold seal

Congratulations

CSUSM earned a Gold Seal from the 2020 Election ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for non partisan student voter participation efforts.

73.2%
2020 Voting Rate

(19.2% higher than 2016)

 

Great job taking action everyone!

 

CSUSM's 2020 Voter Engagement Report

All Insitutions

66%
2020 Voting rate

39.1%
2018 Voting Rate

CSUSM

Registration Rate

Registration rate of vote-elligible students over time.

The registration rate is the percent of your voting-eligible students who registered to vote. 

  • 2016: 74.9%
  • 2018: 75.9%
  • 2020: 86.5%

Voting Rate of Registered Students

Student vote rate over time

The voting rate of registered students is the percent of registered students who voted on Election Day. We often refer to this as the "Yield" rate.

  • 2016: 72.0%
  • 2018: 57.2%
  • 2020: 84.6%

Voting Rate

Vote rate over time

The voting rate is the percentage of eligible students eho voted on Election Day. The voting rate is also the profuct of the registration and yield rates.

  • 2016: 54.0%
  • 2018: 43.4%
  • 2020: 73.2%

Results shown from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) CSUSM 2020 Campus Report.

2018 | Mid-Term Election CSUSM Voter Registration and Participation Rates

  • 2018 Voting Rate: 45.5%
  • Change from 2014: +29.5
  • 2018 Voting Rate for all institutions: 39.1%

Registration Rate

registration rate difference

  • 2014: 61.9%
  • 2018: 73.6%

Voting Rate of Registered Students

student registration difference

  • 2014: 25.8%
  • 2018: 61.8%

Voting Rate

voting rate difference

  • 2012: 54.2%
  • 2016: 52.1%

Results shown from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) CSUSM 2014 & 2018 Campus Report.

2016 | Presidential Election Year CSUSM Voter Registration and Participation Rates

  • 2016 Voting Rate: 52.1%
  • Change from 2012: -2.2%
  • 2016 Voting Rate for all institutions: 50.4%

 

Registration Rate

registration rate difference
There was an 2.7% decrease in registration from 2012 to 2016.

  • 2012: 74.5%
  • 2016: 71.8%

Voting Rate of Registered Students

student registration difference
There was a .3% decrease in registered students from 2012 to 2016.

  • 2012: 72.8%
  • 2016: 72.5%

Voting Rate

 

voting rate difference
There was an 29.5% increase in voting rates from 2014 to 2018

  • 2014: 16.0%
  • 2018: 4535%

Results shown from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) CSUSM 2012 & 2016 Campus Report.