{"id":2021,"date":"2016-10-05T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2016-10-05T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:00:50","slug":"do-students-know-about-sga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblueandgrey.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/05\/do-students-know-about-sga\/","title":{"rendered":"Do students know about SGA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sga-pol.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2048\" src=\"http:\/\/hoodcomstudies.com\/theblueandgrey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sga-pol-300x181.png\" alt=\"Pie chart of poll results Created by Mary Milligan\" width=\"322\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pie chart of poll results<br \/>Created by Mary Milligan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>72.6% of students did not vote in the Student Government Association elections held in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>In a poll taken, it was discovered only 32% of first-year students surveyed voted to elect their school officials. The majority of students who participated were first-years, followed by seniors.<\/p>\n<p>In the results gathered from findings from the freshman class, 32% voted and 68% did not.<\/p>\n<p>In the sophomore class, 8% voted and 92% did not.<\/p>\n<p>The juniors garnered similar results, with 93% nonvoters and 7% voters.<\/p>\n<p>The senior class had a split of 50% voters and nonvoters.<\/p>\n<p>Also gathered in the poll, 48.4% students are aware of who represents them in the SGA and 51.5% are not aware of who is their representative.<\/p>\n<p>In the 72% of non-voter students, their reasons varied.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about their reasons for not voting, 53.5% of students said they did not vote because they didn\u2019t know, 18% did not care and 28% did not vote for other reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The other reasons given included not knowing the candidates and lack of options in the actual candidates.<\/p>\n<p>*These results were taken from a poll of 85 students in Whitaker Campus Commons during common hour conducted during various days. SGA was not consulted for this poll*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>72.6% of students did not vote in the Student Government Association elections held in the past week. 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