Erin Tunstill '03 and Neil Maddox '03 carried packets containing candidate information yesterday afternoon as they went door to door around Princeton, urging residents to vote.
Maddox and Tunstill, who is a Daily Princetonian circulation director, were part of a student-led campaign to get out the vote among local Democrats.
Many University students took an interest in this midterm election. Democratic students organized a campaign to raise voter turnout while the College Republicans gathered polling data and held signs on Route 1. Regardless of political affiliation, many students watched election results on televisions across campus.
Justin Carroll '03 spearheaded the Democratic campaign, which included the door-to-door effort and a table outside McCosh Hall. Carroll, who is a Cloister Inn officer, set up headquarters in the club's library to recruit campaigners.
Students manning the table dispensed candidate information and stickers to advertise for Democratic candidates, Sen. Frank Lautenberg and 12th District Congressman Rush Holt.
About 30 students participated in the door-to-door campaign, Carroll said.
"The Democrats do a good job of reaching out to minorities here and in Trenton," he said.
The College Republicans also engaged in many Election Day activities to increase Republican voter turnout.
Six students acted as challengers at voting sites. Challengers have the job of recording the names of those who cast votes.
This data was then used by six other students who called registered Republican and Independent residents, who had not voted yet. Republican students also advertised for Senate candidate Douglas Forrester and 12th Congressional District candidate Buster Soaries by holding signs on Route 1.
Despite strong efforts by both parties to encourage voter turnout, Evan Baehr '05, vice president of the College Republicans, said there was much confusion over polling location because of redistricting. "Fifteen to 20 percent of Princeton students went to incorrect polling sites and then didn't go to the correct polling site," he said.
When University students watching election results in the Frist Campus Center were asked about general interest among undergraduates, they said they have observed that most students have not followed the election closely.
"There isn't much conversation about the election since these are mostly state-based elections," said Nichole Collins '06 of Maryland.
Other students said that interest in the election has only increased in the past few days and that students had not followed this election season from its beginning.
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