ASUCD Elections

ASUCD Elections — Now Celebrating 100 Years of Student Representation (and occasional scandal)

ASUCD Elections occur in the seventh week of Fall and Winter Quarters. In Fall Quarter six ASUCD Senators are elected and in the winter six more ASUCD Senators as well as the Presidential ticket — the ASUCD President and ASUCD Vice President.

The elections are administered by the ASUCD Elections Committee, and Choice Voting is used in ASUCD Elections.

Next election: Fall 2016 Election

Past Elections

• Winter 2019 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2018 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2016 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2015 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2015 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2014 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2014 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2013 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2013 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2012 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2012 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2011 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2011 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2010 ASUCD Election
• Spring 2010 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2010 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2009 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2009 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2008 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2008 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2007 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2007 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2006 ASUCD Election
• Winter 2006 ASUCD Election
  • Presidential Candidates
  • Senate Candidates
  • Bizarro World
• Fall 2005 ASUCD Election
  • Senate Candidates
  • Ballot Measures
  • Turnout Controversy
  • Unqualified Candidates Scandal
  • Bizarro World
• Winter 2005 ASUCD Election
  • Elections Forum
  • Senate Candidates
  • Bizarro World
  • Ballot Measures
  • Disqualification Controversy
  • Presidential Candidates
  • Slate Statements
• Fall 2004 ASUCD Election
  • Election Statement Controversy
  • Campaigning in Dorms Controversy
• Winter 2004 ASUCD Election
• Fall 2003 ASUCD Election
  • ASUCD Senator Ackerman Scandal

Party Eras

ASUCD election history can be broken up into approximately four segments.  While the two party system is almost always a fight between conservatives/greeks and progressives/communities, there are clear spots following party collapse that creates new groupings.

The First Era begins with the data and ends in Fall 2007.  This is easily the longest Era, as no two parties have managed to exist together as long as LEAD and Student Focus.  There were attempts to punctuate the power between the two parties by the Orwellians, but neither of the two parties suffered directly from it.  This era ends after the collapse of Student Focus into GO which then collapsed into nothing.

The Second Era begins with the election in Winter 2008 and ends in Fall 2010.  This period was primarily a one-party system dominated by LEAD as it moved away from it's progressive roots and towards the ideology of "well, it's just us".  JAM and ACT both operated in this time period as well, but never ran full slates of candidates and didn't continue from election to election.  This caused Independents to be the primary opposing force.  This era ended with the creation of BOLD, leading to the destruction of LEAD.

The Third Era begins in Winter 2011 and ends in Winter 2014.  The progressives re-organized themselves in SMART while the conservatives and moderates from BOLD created NOW, leading to a brief period of stable, competitive parties and the first half of the era was BOLD v whoever else was elected.  This era ended after the Winter election of 2014, wherein NOW disbanded after losing the presidential election and SMART collapsed without an organized opposition.

The Fourth Era begin in Fall 2014 and ends in Winter 2015 marked by a total disinterest in ASUCD by the student body, uncompetitive elections, and no party stability.

The Fifth Era begins in Fall 2015, with the progressive re-organizing themselves into BASED and programmatically focused individuals organizing themselves into Summit. BASED continues as Summit fell apart with no clear direction and was replaced by the Unite! slate with their introduction within ASUCD in the Fall 2017 elections. 

Voter Turnout

When comparing this data it is important to keep in mind that Winter Elections also include the Executive ticket race so turnout is traditionally higher in the Winter than it is in the Fall. This data is the furthest back that former Elections Committee Chair, Jonathon Leathers had for ASUCD Elections and is taken from this webpage.

Related Pages

• ASUCD Elections Reform
• ASUCD Endorsement-like Statements
• Countback Amendment
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