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The Youth Vote in 2026

Youth voter turnout second-highest for a midterm election in last 30 years. View CIRCLE's comprehensive data on the choice and impact of young voters.

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Join us at this semester's events with changemakers like former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Rev. Dr. Susie Hayward, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, and more!

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Tufts Civic Semester

Follow along with Tufts Civic Semester students in Thailand and Peru on their blog and on Instagram!

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Big Data for Democracy

Tisch College has one of the biggest research teams in the U.S. devoted to understanding the challenges to our democracy—and the opportunities to build and sustain it. We use that scholarship to inform our own programming at Tufts and to drive national conversations about voting and elections, the role of citizens, the health of democratic institutions, and the power of young people.

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Find Your Civic Pathway

At Tisch College, every Tufts student—whatever their field of study, school or degree program—has a pathway to civic engagement.

Tisch College News

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Lessons From the Blue Wave of Democratic Victories

It wasn’t just the economy that led to the sweeping wins up and down the ballot, even in deep red states, says a political scientist

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The Guardian

I’m a gen Z voter. Content creators have far less power than politicians think

This opinion piece cites a survey Tisch College’s CIRCLE that found 9% of young adults said they got political information from social media posts by influencers and celebrities and 14% turned to podcasts hosted by influencers, artists, comedians, or other celebrities.

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The Boston Globe

The polls aren't fake. But have pollsters fixed their errors?

A&S political scientists Brian Schaffner, director of the Cooperative Election Study, writes this opinion piece explaining why polls are both data science and art, noting that “a poll in 2026 is a reasoned estimate from a particular pollster using a particular method.”

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