Despite changes to voter registration and voting processes, Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s student voting rate increased by 20 points from 2016 to 2020.

The increase was prompted by voter mobilization programs and campus-wide collaboration spearheaded by Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP).

“The Eagleton Institute of Politics and its Center for Youth Political Participation are leaders in encouraging voting and political engagement among young people of all backgrounds, which is the backbone of a healthy democracy,” said Rutgers University–New Brunswick Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway.

“Students faced unprecedented obstacles in registering to vote and getting to the polls for the 2020 presidential election due to the pandemic,” said Elizabeth C. Matto, an associate research professor and CYPP director. “The student voting data in New Brunswick – particularly the increase in voting rates by 20 points – illustrate that our students understood the importance of being engaged in our nation’s democratic process and that they remained motivated to participate in the election despite the state-by-state changes to voting processes.”

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy recently signed a law that funds and authorizes Eagleton and its Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) to track the representation of elected officials and those  who are appointed to state boards, commissions, and authorities. The data collection will include gender, race, and ethnicity to better understand the demographic make-up of the state’s public officials.

"This is an important step towards making New Jersey government more equitable and transparent,” said CAWP Director Debbie Walsh. “Making this information accessible to the general public will help paint a more accurate picture of who represents us in Trenton and in all 21 counties.”

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 The Hill published an op-ed with Eagleton Director John J. Farmer, Jr. "The indictment of members of the Oath Keepers militia for seditious conspiracy has been widely celebrated as an essential step in establishing accountability for the violent disruption of democracy on Jan. 6, 2021. That enthusiasm should be tempered, however, by the challenges their trial will pose to prosecutors in securing convictions and, potentially, to the viability of the jury system in a polarized America."

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Join the current class of Eagleton Science Fellows as they share their experiences as science advisors in New Jersey state government. Learn about the program before applying.

Tuesday, January 25th at 6pm EST via Zoom

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Senior Program Coordinator
Rutgers is seeking a Senior Program Coordinator for the Office of Career Exploration and Success (CES). The Senior Program Coordinator will report to the director for Career Development and Experiential Education in CES with a dotted-line report to the director of Alumni Relations and Undergraduate Associates Program at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. The coordinator will oversee experiential education programming connected with the university-wide Rutgers Summer Service (RSS) Internship Program. Learn more and apply.

Research Project Coordinator
Eagleton's Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is looking for a research project coordinator to assist scholars and staff on major research projects, including engagement with scholarly literature, data collection, qualitative and quantitative analyses (including analysis of large datasets), research project planning and data visualization. They will also have the opportunity to contribute to reports, research memos, and blogs. This role offers great potential to expand CAWP data collections, find new areas of research to explore, and assist experienced scholars in producing reports that illuminate areas of women’s representation that are little-understood. Learn more and apply.

Eagleton's Center for Youth Political Participation (CYPP) is accepting applications to the Rutgers-Eagleton Washington Internship Award Program. All Rutgers undergraduate students who are interesting in interning in government or in the non-profit sector in Washington, D.C. are eligible to apply. 

Application materials include:

• Completed online form
  
• Résumé as a PDF
  
• Cover letter as a PDF
  
• One letter of recommendation emailed to jronan@eagleton.rutgers.edu as a PDF
  
• Contact information for two references
  
• Unofficial transcript (including Fall 2021 grades and Spring 2022 enrollment)

Learn more and apply by February 11th.

The Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship is a year-long full-time fellowship for doctoral-level scientists, engineers, and healthcare professionals to serve as in-house science advisors in New Jersey state government. Application materials include:

• Completed application form
• Resume
• Professional bio
• Personal statement

Learn more and apply by February 18th

The Gender Gap Is Taking Us to Unexpected Places
“'Significant gender differences in party identification have been evident since the early 1980s,' according to the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics, which provides data on the partisanship of men and women from 1952 to the present day." - The New York Times

Power & Politics: Full show for January 22, 2022
"In the broadest possible strokes, we are learning how extensive the investigation into January 6th is becoming. It extends everywhere from the grounds of the Capitol, to the White House, to beyond the White House to the extremists groups that were in some ways acting in parallel or in concert with people in the administration."  - News 12 New Jersey

Black women look to make historic gains in 2022 midterm elections
"Five Black women are running for governor, just shy of the 2018 record of six. Between 16 and 20 Black women are currently, or considered potential, Senate candidates, which would break the record of 13 Black women Senate candidates set in 2020, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University." - NBC News

New Monmouth assemblywoman sets sights on pandemic recovery
“'What that means is when the Republican caucus meets, women’s voices will be far better represented than they were before, and that’s important because those women will bring to those caucus meetings different life experiences, different perspectives, and different understandings of issues, which we hope will inform the positions of the party,' said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics." - New Jersey Monitor

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