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Turning Point USA has been involved in influencing [[student government]] elections at a number of colleges and universities.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref> Universities that have been targeted by this effort have included [[Ohio State University]], the [[University of Wisconsin]]–Madison, and the [[University of Maryland]].

Turning Point USA has been involved in influencing [[student government]] elections at a number of colleges and universities.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Inside-a-Stealth-Plan-for/240008|title=Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence|last=Vasquez|first=Michael|date=May 7, 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=September 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref> Universities that have been targeted by this effort have included [[Ohio State University]], the [[University of Wisconsin]]–Madison, and the [[University of Maryland]].

These claims led to conservative candidates at the University of Maryland withdrawing from student elections after failing to report assistance from Turning Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbknews.com/2017/04/17/turning-point-umd-college-campuses|title=Conservative nonprofit linked to Unity Party has chapters at more than 1,000 universities|date=April 16, 2017|last=Snurr|first=Carrie|website=The Diamondback|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/29/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics/215822#tpusa|title=The Conservative Dark-Money Groups Infiltrating Campus Politics|last=Vogel|first=Pam|date=March 17, 2017|publisher=Media Matters for America |access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref>

These claims led to conservative candidates at the University of Maryland withdrawing from student elections after failing to report assistance from Turning Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbknews.com/2017/04/17/turning-point-umd-college-campuses|title=Conservative nonprofit linked to Unity Party has chapters at more than 1,000 universities|date=April 16, 2017|last=Snurr|first=Carrie|website=The Diamondback|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/29/conservative-dark-money-groups-infiltrating-campus-politics/215822#tpusa|title=The Conservative Dark-Money Groups Infiltrating Campus Politics|last=Vogel|first=Pam|date=March 17, 2017|publisher=Media Matters for America |access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref>

A private brochure, handed out only to Turning Point donors, highlighted the organization's alleged strategy to take over student governments at universities across the country, and included a list of every Turning Point-supported student who was elected to student government positions in the year 2017.<ref name=":0" />

A private brochure, handed out only to Turning Point donors, highlighted the organization's alleged strategy to take over student governments at universities across the country, and included a list of every Turning Point-supported student who was elected to student government positions in the year 2017.

Turning Point said that it had helped more than 50 conservatives win elections to become student-body presidents.<ref name=":1" /> However, when ''Politico'' looked into Turning Point's claims, it found the "success rate to be considerably overstated. In fact, some of the students that Turning Point USA claimed to have backed flatly condemned the organization and said they'd never spoken to anyone who works for it."<ref name=":1" />

Turning Point said that it had helped more than 50 conservatives win elections to become student-body presidents. However, when ''Politico'' looked into Turning Point's claims, it found the "success rate to be considerably overstated. In fact, some of the students that Turning Point USA claimed to have backed flatly condemned the organization and said they'd never spoken to anyone who works for it."<ref name=":1" />

==Involvement in 2016 presidential election==

==Involvement in 2016 presidential election==