ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Winthrop University for its nonpartisan democratic engagement efforts that fostered high levels of student voter engagement in the 2022 midterm elections.
The university received the Silver Award, reflecting its commitment to ensuring that nonpartisan democratic engagement is a defining feature of campus life.
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. Winthrop was recognized alongside more than 500 campuses using data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) out of Tufts University, which found that colleges and universities had the second-highest voter turnout among students in a midterm election since NSLVE began measuring this data.
“Winthrop has been a national leader in teaching our students about civic engagement and the importance of voting. In the last presidential election in 2020, nearly three-fourths of our students cast a ballot. Our turnout at the midterms in 2022 was higher than the national rate, and that is something for which we take great pride,” said President Edward Serna ’02.
Based on student voting percentages, ALL IN called attention to institutions based on the following rankings:
2022 Seal Levels
Bronze: 20-29%
Silver: 30-39%
Gold: 40-49%
Platinum: 50-59%
Diamond: 60%+
“The ALL IN Awards were created to celebrate nonpartisan democratic engagement and the outstanding campus voter registration and turnout rates achieved by our ALL IN campuses. Ahead of the 2024 elections, ALL IN campuses are ready to build on the momentum from 2022 to ensure their communities are ready to make an even bigger impact this fall,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “ALL IN is proud to celebrate and honor top-performing campuses, like Winthrop, who demonstrate that nonpartisan student voter engagement is possible and effective.”
More than 1,060 institutions enrolling more than 10 million students participate in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, which supports colleges and universities in achieving excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement. Campuses can join ALL IN here.
About ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge:
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is a national nonpartisan initiative of Civic Nation, a 501(c)(3) organization. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge strives to change civic culture and institutionalize democratic engagement activities and programs on college campuses, making voter participation a defining feature of campus life.
ALL IN, in collaboration with over 1,050 higher education institutions, seeks to make participation in local, state, and federal elections a social norm; substantially increase the number of college students who are democratically engaged on an ongoing basis, during and between elections, and not just at the polls, and; make educating for democratic engagement on college campuses an accepted and expected part of the culture and curriculum so that students graduate with the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values needed to be an informed and active citizen.
For more information, contact Judy Longshaw, news and media services manager, at longshawj@winthrop.edu.
