| April Wed, 2024
Poll: Most NJ residents are unaware or undecided about US Senate candidates Murphy and Kim
New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy and Rep. Andy Kim have their work cut out for them. A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that most residents are unaware of who they are.
| February Thu, 2024
NJ Elections: Getting out the vote on college campuses
Sophia Alexis, a graduate assistant at Rutgers University’s Center for Youth Political Participation, also said much of her work centers around just making voting easier for students, especially as they are often balancing school, work, extracurricular activities and relationships with family and friends.
| April Wed, 2023
The 118th Congress Young Elected Leaders Report
Only six candidates who are 35 years old or younger were newly elected to serve in Congress during the 2022 midterm election, according to new data released by the Center for Youth Political Participation at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. The 118th United States Congress has a total of 14 members who are 35 years old or younger, indicating that more work is needed in order to achieve representation among young elected officials in our nation’s capital.
| January Fri, 2022
Rutgers–New Brunswick Student Voting Rates Increased by 20 points in 2020 Election
Despite changes to voter registration and voting processes, Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s student voting rate increased by 20 points from 2016 to 2020. The increase was prompted by voter mobilization programs and campus-wide collaboration spearheaded by Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP).