CIRCLE - The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

"We're really talking about a generation of young people that has embraced their power, their desire to make change, and has been making good on that, both at the ballot box and beyond." Alberto is featured in this Voice of America video, as is so much of our data about youth voters - turnout, issues, and changes in the youngest voter bloc over time. Want to learn more about growing young voters? Check out our work: https://buff.ly/44HEdDc

We analyzed our late 2023 Pre-Election survey to find that Black youth can have complex motivations for participating in elections, and that there is a nuanced relationship between community belonging and voting. Read the research here:

CIRCLE's Youth Electoral Significance Index (YESI) tracks the races where youth have the most potential to impact election results. Wisconsin is in second place for potential youth impact in the presidential races, and 5th in the country for its highly competitive Senate race. Additionally, Wisconsin’s 3rd House District is among the top 40 House races. Learn more here:

Tomorrow is #VoteEarlyDay! Halloween might be around the corner, but there’s nothing scary 👻 about learning how to vote and sharing your plan with friends and family. Make sure you’re #VoteReady tomorrow by double-checking your options for voting early: voteearlyday.org

Stress around election season is real. CIRCLE Senior Researcher Sara Suzuki tracked sociopolitical stress before, during & after the 2020 election and found that those who are arguably impacted the most by politics experience more. Listen to the WFYI Public Media story here:

"We believe when it comes to young people and voting, we don’t actually have an apathy problem - we have an access problem," said @TischCollege's Jen McAndrew. Read our work in the @Stateline_News story here:

Inflation/cost of living, gun violence, climate change - all issues that young Americans are focusing on as they prepare to vote. This Spectrum News 1 video speaks with some young voters and highlights our work:

While using analysis from 2020-2021 voting/ registration data, this white paper from our researchers is a great evaluation of the impact of various laws in improving equity in participation. Have expansions in voter registration policies in recent years truly impacted voter registration/turnout, especially among young or marginalized voters? Read the full paper here:

It's the final day of #NationalVoterEducationWeek! When you make a plan to vote, you're ready to share it with friends and family. In 2020, 62% of youth 18-21 surveyed by us said they heard about the election the most from family members. Here are resources to share on where/when to vote from anywhere:

How to reach young voters? "Because young people can be less likely to vote, [politicians] then allocate less resources to reaching them, which then is its own self-fulfilling prophecy," Senior Researcher Sara Suzuki tells Michigan Public Stream the full episode here: https://buff.ly/4eU0hhO