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What the 2025 Elections Mean for Students
Insights from Professor Jennifer Victor Shed Light on the Shifting Landscape of Democracy at Mason By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On Tuesday, […]
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Schar School Students Reacts to Virginia Elections
Democracy Lab’s Election Night Watch Party By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor As polls closed on Tuesday, November 4th, the Schar School of Policy and […]
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2025 Election Day Activities @ Merten Hall
On-Campus Voters Make Their Voices Heard in Off-Year Election Photos/Video by: Joylin Ting, Mason Votes Contributor The Mason community turned out to Merten Hall […]
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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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Opinion: One in the Same
The objective of the final presidential debate was to determine if Governor Romney or President Obama scored higher on the “ability to seem like the Commander in Chief” test. And while Romney was not as bellicose as he was in the second debate, he undeniably received a lower grade, unable to hide his discomfort discussing...
Final Presidential Debate Tonight
Tonight is the third and final Presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle. The debate will be emanating from Boca Raton, Florida and will focus on foreign policy. After the scuffle the two candidates had in the last debate over Libya and the September 11th assassination of United States Ambassador Chris Stevens, look for a...
Third Presidential Debate Watch Party Tonight
Tonight at 9 p.m. Mason Votes will be hosting the third presidential debate watch party in the JC Atrium. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend. Leading up to the election it is important for all voters to stay tuned into the debates. Mason Votes hopes these debate watch parties will help students...
Electoral College Analysis (10/22/2012)
Just 15 days remain until Election Day, and the race to gain 270 electoral votes has shifted since our last analysis. Back 12 days ago, the key states to watch were Florida, Virginia, and Ohio. If Romney were to win all three he would be just 4 votes short of winning the Presidency. If Obama...
President Obama Returns to Mason and Talks Women’s Issues
For the second time in less than a month President Barack Obama held a grassroots rally at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The President talked jobs and the economy, but spent a majority of his stump speech talking about women’s issues. He also debuted a new line of attack against Mitt Romney for his...
Mason Votes 1-on-1 with Cecile Richards
Mason Votes caught up with Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, after President Obama’s grassroots rally at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. [youtube]http://youtu.be/na60mZPBY6U[/youtube]
Stein Gets Arrested
Photo by: Mary Altaffer/AP Photo [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnam1yi5bVs[/youtube] A video of the Green Party’s Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala being arrested as they attempted to enter the grounds of the Presidential Debate on Tuesday, has gone viral. Stein, along with the other third party candidates were not permitted to participate in the...
Harvard Institute of Politics releases Fall 2012 National Poll on young voters
[youtube]http://youtu.be/bs70ivV-HOU[/youtube] Cambridge, MA – A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29- year olds by Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds President Barack Obama continuing to widen the gap between himself and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney leading by a nineteen-percentage point margin (55%-36%) among...
Flash Lecture Today
GMU Student Government sponsored a flash lecture today, Oct. 17, 2012, on the economy and the election. The flash lecture was debate style on the Johnson Center North Plaza that began at 1:30pm between Professors Caplan and Pearlstein.