Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life
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Election 2026

Find election resources, get involved with JumboVote, and sign up for free election reminders through Turbovote! Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.
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Fall 2026 Events

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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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.

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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.

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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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