To Vote or Not to Vote: Influences on Young MSU Women Concerning the Decision to Vote
Location
CSU 203
Start Date
23-4-2007 1:00 PM
End Date
23-4-2007 3:00 PM
Student's Major
Gender and Women's Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Jocelyn Fenton Stitt
Mentor's Department
Gender and Women's Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Women leaders in the early 1900's fought to give women the right to vote. I researched how young women are using that right. According to the voting report of the United States Census Bureau, in the 2004 presidential election more people between the ages of 18-25 voted than in previous elections. Yet the percent of young women vs. young men voting decreased. I hypothesize that family, education, and society are influencing young women about their decision to vote as well as whom they are voting for. Using surveys of 400 Minnesota State Mankato females and random interviews I hope to determine if young women are uneducated about politics and to understand their process of voting or not voting.
To Vote or Not to Vote: Influences on Young MSU Women Concerning the Decision to Vote
CSU 203
Women leaders in the early 1900's fought to give women the right to vote. I researched how young women are using that right. According to the voting report of the United States Census Bureau, in the 2004 presidential election more people between the ages of 18-25 voted than in previous elections. Yet the percent of young women vs. young men voting decreased. I hypothesize that family, education, and society are influencing young women about their decision to vote as well as whom they are voting for. Using surveys of 400 Minnesota State Mankato females and random interviews I hope to determine if young women are uneducated about politics and to understand their process of voting or not voting.
Recommended Citation
Gray, Gillian. "To Vote or Not to Vote: Influences on Young MSU Women Concerning the Decision to Vote." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 23, 2007.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2007/oral-session-07/3
