From Politico:
Charlie Mahtesian and Madi Alexander
Nationwide, fast-growing, traditionally liberal college counties are generating higher turnout and growing Democratic margins, playing a pivotal role in turning several red states blue. This in-depth article thoughtfully explores the multiple factors driving the college-town trend, noting its particularly powerful impact when combined with heavily Democratic cities, blue-trending suburbs, and the population growth of both. Highlighting traditional GOP responses—efforts to limit student voting rights, redrawing maps to dilute the power of college towns—the authors emphasize that such suppression does nothing to grow the GOP vote or address the structural challenges of increased college-town votes, of which students are only part of the phenomenon. Read this article
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