[Musashino University] Joint Project with Koto Ward Election Commission: "How to Get Youth to Vote?" Student-Perspective Election Analysis Presented at Political Science Dept's "Special Election Research Presentation 2026"
Musashino University, in collaboration with the Koto Ward Election Commission, held the "Special Election Research Presentation 2026" focusing on youth political engagement. Students presented empirical research and proposals to increase voter turnout.
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The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law at Musashino University (Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Seiko Konishi) held the "Special Election Research Presentation 2026" at the Ariake Campus on Wednesday, March 18. At this presentation, the initiatives and results of the 2025 academic year for the department's subject "Special Election Research" (Instructors: Lecturer Arata Yamazaki, Lecturer Yuki Takahashi) were reported.
"Special Election Research" is a 1.5-year practical project centered on conducting empirical research on elections while also engaging in various voter awareness activities.
This course has been offered based on the "Agreement on Election Cooperation Projects" concluded between the university and Koto Ward in 2014, and marked its 10th term in the 2025 academic year. At this presentation, we received greetings from Mr. Yasuyuki Ueno, Chairman of the Koto Ward Election Commission, Mr. Noriyuki Uemura, Acting Chairman, and Mr. Kazuya Fujita, Secretary-General.
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Third-year students reported their research results as the culmination of their 1.5 years of study, while second-year students gave interim reports as they will develop their research over the next year. All of the third-year students' research consisted of experimental studies using questionnaire surveys conducted on new voters in the ward, with the cooperation of the Koto Ward Election Commission, making proposals on "how to make the youth interested in politics." Following the presentations, many questions were raised by the attendees, and the students responded carefully while referring to their research data.
Grade: 2nd Year: Presentation 1
Presenter: Toano Hidaka
Theme: The relationship between candidates' SNS styles and voter age composition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election
Overview: A study on the relationship between the demographic composition of electoral districts and the content posted by candidates on X (formerly Twitter).
"Special Election Research" is a 1.5-year practical project centered on conducting empirical research on elections while also engaging in various voter awareness activities.
This course has been offered based on the "Agreement on Election Cooperation Projects" concluded between the university and Koto Ward in 2014, and marked its 10th term in the 2025 academic year. At this presentation, we received greetings from Mr. Yasuyuki Ueno, Chairman of the Koto Ward Election Commission, Mr. Noriyuki Uemura, Acting Chairman, and Mr. Kazuya Fujita, Secretary-General.
### [Presentation Contents]
Third-year students reported their research results as the culmination of their 1.5 years of study, while second-year students gave interim reports as they will develop their research over the next year. All of the third-year students' research consisted of experimental studies using questionnaire surveys conducted on new voters in the ward, with the cooperation of the Koto Ward Election Commission, making proposals on "how to make the youth interested in politics." Following the presentations, many questions were raised by the attendees, and the students responded carefully while referring to their research data.
Grade: 2nd Year: Presentation 1
Presenter: Toano Hidaka
Theme: The relationship between candidates' SNS styles and voter age composition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election
Overview: A study on the relationship between the demographic composition of electoral districts and the content posted by candidates on X (formerly Twitter).