U-M student Josiah Walker and a fellow student volunteer at the Party at the Polls event outside Rackham Auditorium on Nov. 6, 2018 (Photo: Meredith Bruckner)ANN ARBOR - Voter turnout is on the rise at the University of Michigan.
The school announced that student voters tripled in the 2018 midterm elections, compared with 2014.
More than 15,800 students voted in 2018, compared with 5,282 in 2014, spiking U-M's student voting rate to 41%.
The number tripled the school's previous 14% voting rate, according to data released by the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.
Colleges nationwide have seen a jump in student voter turnout, from 19% to 40% overall.