Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of CIRCLE, and Peter Levine, Tisch College associate dean, co-author this opinion piece outlining the benefits of aligning local and federal elections to even-numbered years, which include fostering higher and more diverse voter turnout.
This article highlights CIRCLE research that found almost a third of young people named climate change as one of the top issues that influenced their vote for president in the 2020 election.
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg of CIRCLE, says that eligible youth voters are a diverse group whose policy priorities have been shaped by identity and informed by such national struggles as the Covid-19 pandemic and the social justice movement.
Ruby Belle Booth of CIRCLE is quoted throughout this article on the surging political activity of younger people. Data from several CIRCLE studies are cited, including the 2022 midterms.
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, director of CIRCLE, is quoted about how even a basic knowledge of history and civics is “critical for students to become engaged, informed citizens.”