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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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US democracy’s unaddressed flaws undermine Biden’s stand as democracy’s defender − but Trump keeps favoring political violence

Dean Dayna Cunningham and Associate Dean and Professor Peter Levine examine the state and future of U.S. democracy within the context of the 2024 election.

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Biden’s support for potential TikTok ban risks backlash from young voters

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of CIRCLE, discusses the potential impact of proposed legislation that could ban TikTok on young voters noting, “What I see as a longtime watcher of young people and social media is that they will always find a place to talk and gather and activate and organize.”