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More college students expected to vote in 2018 midterms

  • Written by Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
There are about 20 million college students in the U.S.Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

In order to gain insight into the role that college students might play in the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6, The Conversation reached out to Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at...

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