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I heard some figure recently that in polling in previous years about 36% of students registered to vote said they are actually voting. This year it is around 88%, and that doesn't consider an increase in students registered.

Keep in mind that lots of college students vote absentee.

I'm currently in college right now, and this is the first election I've been able to vote in. This also the first election where I've donated any money to a campaign. I also have noticed a lot of activity at my college. Hopefully it carries over into other elections.

I clicked the "I voted" button just to make it go away. (I didn't vote, of course, cuz I'm not a US citizen. Erm, not that that's gonna stop some people...)