President Suzanne Rivera

2022 Election: Make a Voting Plan

The upcoming U.S. midterm election is next week, on Tuesday, November 8. I write today to encourage all eligible voters in our community to make a voting plan. I am so proud that, in both 2016 and 2018, Macalester students achieved the highest voter rate of any college or university participating in Tufts University’s National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement, which tracks voting rates every two years at more than 1,100 higher education institutions. Clearly, civic participation is a Macalester cornerstone value, and our high level of engagement in the electoral process demonstrates that we put our values into action…