Polly Curtis writes: Students make up 13% of the electorate in Cambridge, according to the National Union Students president, Kat Fletcher, who was punting down the river Cam today, disturbing students' revision by shouting down a megaphone that they should get out and vote on Thursday.
Cambridge MP Anne Campbell, who was also out campaigning at the university today, has a fairly solid 8,579 majority for Labour, but there are 16,000 students in the city, which is enough, feasibly, to oust her on Thursday.
But the NUS stalwart was studiously avoiding endorsing any particular party or candidate. The union's £40,000 "Get the vote out" campaign aims simply to get students to the polls. Ms Fletcher is spending three days touring campuses in marginal wards where students could swing the vote.
Speaking post-punt, Ms Fletcher said: "Students should make a powerful informed vote because they are affected by the policies. They can change the result, especially in a handful of marginal seats."
* Polly Curtis is a correspondent on EducationGuardian
