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How Did Mason Vote in 2025?
510 In-Person Votes Cast on Election Day and 26.25% Overall Voter Turnout Reported at Fairfax’s University Precinct Student Media conducted exit polling outside Merten Hall […]
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Student Organizations Pack Merten Hall on Election Day 2025
Partisan and Nonpartisan Groups Provided Treats for On-Campus Voters at Merten Hall By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor Partisan and nonpartisan student organizations lined the […]
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LIVE Election Updates: 2025
Mason Votes will be providing LIVE election night updates throughout the evening, so keep refreshing this post for the latest news and results! By: Saahiti […]
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GOP Candidates Make Final Push in Manassas, VA
Virginia’s Republican Candidates Host Final Campaign Event of 2025 Election By: Rithvik Hari, Fourth Estate Staff Writer This story was originally published on gmufourthestate.com. Fourth […]
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Mason’s Ongoing Commitment to Civic Engagement
Vice President Rose Pascarell Reflects on Mason’s Legacy of Empowering Student Voters By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On November 3rd, Mason Votes […]
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Election News Archive
Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Victor: Election Night Predictions
A Mason Professor’s Perspective on Election Night 2020 By: Safiya Khan, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team As election night looms a mere eleven days away, we were able to sit down with Dr. Jennifer Nicoll Victor from the Schar School of Policy and Government and hear her perspective and predictions regarding election night and...
Day 3 Recap: Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett
Day 3 Recap (Wednesday, October 14, 2020) By: Orlando Cabrera, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote to join the Supreme Court got one step closer today as Democrats boycotted the Judiciary Committee’s voice vote to send her nomination to the floor of the Senate. Even though the final day of...
Tonight is the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
The final 2020 presidential debate is happening tonight, Thursday, October 22, at 9pm! If you’re on the Fairfax campus, stop by the Corner Pocket in The Hub (middle level) to watch the live event with others! Click here for more info. Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Time: 9-10:30pm (90-minute debate format) Debate Location: Nashville, TN...
Donald Trump Participates in NBC News Town Hall
Are Protests to Blame for Recent Spikes in Violent Crime? By: Noah Panchure, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team On October 15th, we were supposed to witness the second of three planned presidential debates. However, after failed attempt to continue with the event in a virtual format, both candidates set up dueling town hall events...
COVID-19, Protests, and the “Ferguson Effect”
Are Protests to Blame for Recent Spikes in Violent Crime? By: Noah Panchure, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team There is no doubt that political engagement has increased this year. We have seen citizens from all races, ages, genders, and backgrounds become politically active, especially teenagers and young adults. It began when COVID-19 reached the...
Joe Biden Participates in ABC News Town Hall
The Vice President and the People By: Nadia Faour, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team With less than three weeks until the election, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the second presidential debate was canceled after a failed attempt to continue with the event in a virtual format following Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis...
Day 2 Recap: Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett
Day 2 Recap (Tuesday, October 13, 2020) By: Safiya Khan, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team On Tuesday, October 13th, Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett sat for the second day of hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for over eleven hours, portraying herself as an independent judge lacking an agenda. Here are...
Election Night Confusion: What Patriots Need to Know
Election Night Confusion: What Patriots Need to Know By: Safiya Khan, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team The election is not 19 days away…the election is now. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Americans send in their absentee ballots or vote early at their local registrar’s office. As November 3rd rapidly approaches, it is important...
2020 VP Debate Reaction
Mike Pence and Kamala Harris Debate in Utah By: Nadia Faour, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team A lot has changed since September 29th when Trump and Biden faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. (One Mason student described that event as “the most aggressive presidential debate” they had ever seen)....
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