Voters' Guide to 2026 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
The Center for State Policy Analysis provides reports on nine Massachusetts ballot questions.
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Reuters
A year after Charlie Kirk's death, Turning Point USA grows but Trump slips with young voters
This article references 2026 research from CIRCLE that found 56% of young adults were "extremely likely" to vote in the midterms.
Michigan Public Radio
The Mids: Will the youth vote?
This article references extensive research from CIRCLE on youth voter turnout in Michigan and nationally since 2020.
U.S. News & World Report
Inside the Simple Formula Making Massachusetts Filthy Rich
Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, is quoted at length about the economic and political state of Massachusetts, which leads the country in median annual income.
The Christian Science Monitor
In the US, civic participation is changing. What does that mean for communities?
CIRCLE's Sara Suzuki comments on the difficulty of Generation Z finding their “civic home,” saying if young people “find somewhere where they belong, somewhere where that attention can be translated into action, I think [that] would be really powerful.”
The Boston Globe
A broken housing market, soaring costs, and Trump 2.0 are killing the Mass. economy. It’s time to do something about it.
Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA says that Massachusetts leaders “nibble at policy changes, proudly proclaim that we’re making transformative [economic] investments, and then wonder why things don’t actually get better.”Upcoming Events
