Internship with You Can Vote; Thesis: “At Home or on Campus? How Duke Students Decide Where to Register to Vote”

Lucy worked with You Can Vote on a question of mutual interest to her and her community partner: how do college students decide where to register to vote, at home or at school? Through a survey and several qualitative interviews, Lucy analyzed how students choose their residence for voter registration. That research also became foundational to Lucy’s senior thesis in public policy, “At Home or on Campus? How Duke Students Decide Where to Register to Vote,” under the direction of Kristen Goss. Her research also built on her work in the Democracy Lab that explored how and why Duke students lost the capacity to vote due to confusion and uncertainty about where they possessed voting rights.