UIUC Student Elections

This past Tuesday and Wednesday the UIUC students went to the polls to vote for Illinois Student Senate representatives, as well as their opinions on three issues: the Chief, the Cultural Programming Fee, and the Study Abroad Scholarship Fee.

Both of the fees passed. The Chief issue - "Do you support the reinstatement of Chief Illiniwek as the symbol of the University of Illinois?" - was a resounding "Yes" with 79% of the respondents to that question responding positively.

I find it interesting to see how many people didn't vote on each item in order to see who actually cares about the issues. Here are the percentages of total voters who did not respond to each question:

• Chief: 6%
  
• Cultural Programming: 11%
  
• Study Abroad Scholarship Fee: 10%

Obviously the Chief question was answered many more times than the other two issues.

See the unofficial election results on the Student Election Commission website. Check out my graphs here.