“The All In Campus Democracy Challenge, established in 2016, aims to increase student participation in elections. The group reports that in 2020 Notre Dame, Indiana University, and Purdue University saw roughly 20 point jumps in student voter participation…Mark Fraley is the associate director of the Political and Civic Engagement program at Indiana University. He said the voting challenge transcended university rivalries. ‘It was not about “let’s get out there and beat Purdue.”…I think what was on students’ minds was “I want to build a world where I belong.”’ Fraley said university support helped boost election participation, but he also believes overall attitudes around voting are changing. ‘People see much more of a moral purpose in political engagement,’ he said. ‘That’s reflected in the turnout we saw last year.’”

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