On Election Day, many Villanovans visited the Mullen Center to cast their ballots and perform their civic duty. This was the first year that the Mullen Center on campus was utilized as a voting location. When registering to vote, students had two options. They could vote in-person or via mail-in ballot for their home state. As Villanova students, they also had the opportunity to vote in-person if they live on-campus or at a designated location if they live off-campus.
The Mullen Center is located in Delaware County, Radnor Township Ward 2, Precinct 2. While mostly students voted here, there was also a small number of community members that were unaffiliated with Villanova that were assigned to the Mullen Center as their polling location.
According to the unofficial results from Delaware County that were last updated Nov. 14, 1325 individuals voted in the presidential election at the Mullen Center. A total of 895 individuals (67.55%) casted their ballots for Vice President Harris. Four-hundred-twenty-six votes (32.15%) were counted for President-Elect Donald Trump.
Votes for third-party candidates were also noted at the Mullen Center. Three individuals (0.23%) voted for Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver. 1 vote (0.08%) was casted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
These results largely reflect most of Delaware County, as overall 61.29% of county residents voted for Harris-Walz. 37.68% of the county casted their ballots for Trump-Vance.
In addition to being able to vote in the presidential election at the Mullen Center, students were also eligible to vote for U.S. Senator, attorney general, auditor general, state treasurer, 5th District Congress representative, 17th District General Assembly Senator and representatives in the 168th District.
The Republican and Democratic voting patterns for the rest of the positions mirrored that of the presidential election results. In the Senate race, Democratic candidate Bob Casey Jr. earned 66.07% of the vote at the Mullen Center. Republican candidate Dave McCormick gained 33% of the vote.
For Attorney General, 63.27% voters voted for Democrat Eugene Depasquale and 34.69% of votes went to Republican Dave Sunday.
Similarly for the 5th District Congressional Seat, 67.80% of Mullen Center voters supported Democratic incumbent Mary Gay Scanlon. 32.20% cast their ballots for Republican challenger Alfeia Goodwin.
These results from the Mullen Center indicate that most voters that visited this polling location voted for an all-Democrat or all-Republican ticket. Although the overall results of the Mullen Center reflect that of Delaware County, they do not resemble that of Pennsylvania.
According to the unofficial election results of Pennsylvania, Donald Trump won the state with 50.39% of the vote. For the Senate race, Dave McCormick (R) gained 48.84% of the vote, while Bob Casey Jr. (D) earned 48.58%. It was announced this past Wednesday that an automatic recount was being held under Pennsylvania state law as the margin of difference was less than 0.5%. As for Attorney General, Dave Sunday (R) won the race with 50.83% of PA voters supporting him. Additionally, Mary Gay Scanlon (D) reclaimed her 5th District Congressional seat with 65.1% of votes.
