The results of ESC’s virtual election are in, and the winner is…online voting. In contrast to last week’s abysmal turnout at the CCSC polls, over half of SEAS undergrads participated in this year’s contest (well, barely…exactly 50.9% voted). And that’s without the ability to directly choose SEAS’ highest leaders!

Of course, the above figure is an average: participation dropped steadily as students got older, from 77.5% of freshmen to 31.6% of seniors. SEAS grad students, though, took the cake – only 1.3% of them bothered to log on to help choose the school’s University Senator.

Full results for the ESC’s democratically-chosen positions below…

Academic Affairs Representative

Michael Fu

278

Samantha Wilner

343

No Response

87

Total

708

Alumni Affairs and Professional Development Representative

Shanita Nicholas

125

Joanne Rispoli

211

James Tsai

264

No Response

108

Total

708

 

Student Services Representative

Patti Lin

284

Peter Valeiras

333

No Response

91

Total

708

 

CCSC Liaison

Daniel Gundrum

231

Ken Yearwood

379

No Response

98

Total

708

 

GSSC Liaison

Whitney Green

574

No Response

134

Total Respondents

708

 

SGA Liaison

Rajat Roy

567

No Response

141

Total

708

 

University Senator

Amit Bedi

315

Esther Zuckerman

295

No Reponse

112

Total*

722

 

Class of 2008 – President

Eash Cumarasamy

145

No Response

24

Total

169

 

Class of 2008 – Vice President

Shreyans Khemka

147

No Response

22

Total

169

 

Class of 2008 – Class Representatives

Jessica Aspis

124

Amy Lin

133

 

Class of 2009 – President

Warren Reed

151

No Response

24

Total

175

 

Class of 2009 – Vice President

Erin Svokos

147

No Response

28

Total

175

 

Class of 2009 – Class Representatives

Samantha John

140

Lauren Minches

126

 

Class of 2010 – President

Heather Lee

214

No Response

31

Total

245

 

Class of 2010 -Vice President

Lili Gu

205

No Response

40

Total

245

 

Class of 2010 – Class Representatives

Gunnar Aasen

198

Kelly Chen

186

*Includes Grad Students