{"id":2750,"date":"2020-01-14T21:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-cec\/?page_id=2750"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:42:03","slug":"elections-and-democracy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/elections-and-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections and Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of hands holding envelopes\" class=\"wp-image-4591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149-1024x636.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149-300x186.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149-768x477.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149-1536x954.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/10\/Constitution-Day-SB-scaled-e1633132767149.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democratic Engagement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Community Engagement Center works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students across the Macalester community to cultivate a campus culture that encourages participation by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> students, regardless of voting eligibility, party affiliation, or voting status. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/engagementopportunities\/elections-and-democracy\/mobilize-mac\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mobilize Mac<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the umbrella framing that the Community Engagement Center uses for all elections-related work, whether it\u2019s a mayoral, midterm, or general election cycle.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for Macalester&#8217;s updated Democratic Engagement Plan, which will be linked on this page in November and consist of a retroactive look at the 2025 Saint Paul election and a structured, campus-wide approach to robust civic engagement leading up to the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">educational activities<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/reflectionandvocation\/community-organizing-cohort\/#\/0\">community organizing training<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">voter registration on campus<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">voter registration off campus<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">issue-based education and engagement<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">civil dialogue<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">educational activities with K-12<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Everyone is welcome to engage with the issues that matter most to them.<\/strong> Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/macalestercec\/?hl=en\">conversation online<\/a>&nbsp;with #MobilizeMac and #HeyMac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macalester Voting Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Along with over 1,200 other higher education institutions, Macalester participates in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/idhe.tufts.edu\/nslve\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (NSLVE). This study tracks overall voting rates for presidential and midterm elections among students eligible to vote<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2014 Midterm Election: 49%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2016 Presidential Election: <\/span>81.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2018 Midterm Election:&nbsp;<\/span>72.8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 Presidential Election: 79.1%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 Midterm Election: 53%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2016 and 2018, the Macalester voting rate matched the high point of the overall range across all 1,100+ participating institutions!<\/span> Regarding midterm elections, the average voting rate at peer institutions is 30%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/09\/AllInLogo.png\" alt=\"All In logo\" class=\"wp-image-4569 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/09\/AllInLogo.png 512w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/09\/AllInLogo-300x300.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2021\/09\/AllInLogo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Macalester is also a proud campus member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/allinchallenge.org\/challenge\/\">ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge<\/a>, which encourages higher education institutions to help students form the habits of active and informed citizenship, make democratic participation a core value on their campus, and cultivate generations of engaged citizens who are essential to a healthy democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/allinchallenge.org\/campuses\/macalester-college\/\">View our All In record here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Shortcuts<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-row\">\n        <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__featured-inner-inner\">\n                <ul class=\"link-group__featured-link\">\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/community-engagement\/engagementopportunities\/elections-and-democracy\/mobilize-mac\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    2025 Election: Mobilize Mac\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/macalestercec\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    CEC Instagram\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                            <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MacalesterCEC\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    CEC Facebook\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Engagement The Community Engagement Center works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students across the Macalester community to cultivate a campus culture that encourages participation by all students, regardless of voting eligibility, party affiliation, or voting status. 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