Changing Clemson students’ voting apathy

During the last midterm elections of 2018, only about two out of every five eligible Clemson students voted.  A class of university honors college students has developed social media tools to help change that leading up to Election Day next week.  Students taking a seminar used voting research to create info-graphics to encourage their fellow students to cast a ballot November 8.  Their assignment, as explained by instructor Leslie Lewis, was intended to help students become more civically engaged.  Although only two of five Clemson students voted in 2018, Clemson students tend to vote more on average when compared to their counterparts in other colleges.  And in every midterm, voting participation in every demographic tends to fall.  Info-graphics was created by Honors student Rangeley Turner.  He’s a first-year student majoring in history.