Politics Students Visit Bard Polling Site to Vote Together
Students at Bard's polling place on November 4.
For the 2025 election on November 4th, Jonathan Becker and Simon Gilhooley’s politics class Student Voting: Power, Politics and Race in the Fight for American Democracy went to the polls together. The class took a field trip to Bard’s polling station in the Campus Center, where they cast their votes. Students also joined remotely to observe what casting a vote on Bard’s campus looks like. Writer for the Annandale Advocate Lauren Rodgers ’27 notes both students and instructors were energetic and were “met with cheers from volunteers at the Election@Bard table” when they approached.
Ellen Herlihy ’26 mentioned that voting was an encapsulation of what she learned in Becker and Gilhooley’s class. ”Voting here is easy and makes me feel more connected to our local community,” she said. Initiatives at Bard in the past several years have made voting on campus easier, especially securing a polling place on campus in 2022.
Post Date: 11-11-2025
Ellen Herlihy ’26 mentioned that voting was an encapsulation of what she learned in Becker and Gilhooley’s class. ”Voting here is easy and makes me feel more connected to our local community,” she said. Initiatives at Bard in the past several years have made voting on campus easier, especially securing a polling place on campus in 2022.
Post Date: 11-11-2025