Last Tuesday, April 3 was the Republican primary in Wisconsin, and Professor Lowe charged us with finding a story. Unsurprisingly, expectations on campus were low for the primary, with very little discussion or information available on campus.
Marquette College Democrats attempted to get the word out by tabling outside the library and encouraging students to vote-- no matter who they voted for. College Republicans were virtually invisible on campus the same day, despite the fact that it was a Republican primary. I investigated further, and you can read the full story here.
Standing outside the Alumni Memorial Union, the voting location at Marquette, it appeared that very few students were interested in the election, and did not vote. Some of it was dues to the Voter ID Law confusion, some of it was due to apathy and some of it was due to the location of the polls. My photo journal focussed on this-- find
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