Jaspers Vote is our Manhattan University non-partisan campaign to get MORE Jaspers to register and vote!! In 2020, we increased our participation by 18 points – to 59.6%, and we earned a Silver Seal for our accomplishment! (We won’t know until late 2025 how many Jaspers voted in 2024)

Each year, our Voter Engagement Committee works to increase our participation rate – by helping students register and get absentee ballots or find their polling sites, by educating students about the elections and the candidates, by organizing fun events to get students excited about participating, and more.

The Voter Engagement Committee meets periodically to strategize on how to meet our goals. If you want to get involved, email jaspersvote@manhattan.edu  or follow us on Instagram @mc_jaspersvote. 

How many Jaspers have voted in recent elections?

Manhattan University participates in the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE), to learn about the voting habits of our students. While WHO you vote for remains private, we can find out HOW MANY Manhattan University students are registered and voted.

The chart below shows Manhattan University participation in the last two Presidential elections.  

Recognizing the responsibility of colleges and universities to prepare students to be informed and active citizens, and the importance of the student voice in elections, Manhattan University encourages the university community to consider the ways curricular and extra-curricular experiences can support the development of students to become lifelong voters and engaged participants in their communities. Manhattan University earned Bronze seals for its participation rate in the 2018 and 2022 elections, and a Silver seal for its participation rate in the 2020 election.