2022 National Report
Democracy Counts 2022, national NSLVE report on student participation in the 2022 U.S. midterm election.
Past Elections
2022 NSLVE National Data
Making Sense of Democracy Counts 2022
This discussion guide helps start the conversation on data for the 2022 U.S. midterm election, Democracy Counts 2022.
2020 NSLVE National Data
2020 National Report
Democracy Counts 2020, national NSLVE report on student participation in the 2020 U.S. election.
Boston Globe Feature
Read the Boston Globe's exclusive reporting on Democracy Counts and the 2020 NSLVE data.
2018 NSLVE National Data
2018 Data Portal
Explore the 2018 data in our interactive portal
2018 National Report
Democracy Counts 2018, national NSLVE report on the 2018 midterm election
Washington Post Feature
Read the Washington Post's exclusive feature on Democracy Counts 2018
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2016 NSLVE National Data
For the 2016 election, our analysis was based on the voting records of 9,784,931 students at 1,023 higher education institutions. We found that 48.3% of all students in our study voted in the 2016 presidential election, with significant variations by race, gender, field of student, institution type, and more.
Executive Summary
An executive summary of the 2012-2016 national report
Full National Report
The full national 2012-2016 report
Data Portal
Explore the national NSLVE data in our new portal
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