Harris urges young Americans to ‘stay in the fight’ in post-election speech
Data analysis from CIRCLE indicates that youth voter turnout in the 2024 election was lower than 2020’s historic rate is mentioned in this article.
Research Centers
Big Data for Democracy
Today, at a time when democracy is under threat, Tisch College has articulated a bold vision: to build robust, inclusive democracy for an increasingly multiracial society. Tisch College has one of the biggest research teams devoted to democracy in the U.S. today. We focus on understanding the challenges - and opportunities - of democracy and civic life. We use that scholarship to inform our own programming at Tufts, as well as to drive national conversations about the role of citizens, the health of democratic institutions, voting and elections, and the power of young people.
We pursue this vital scholarship through several research centers.
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) one of the nation's leading authorities on youth voting, studies the civic education and engagement of young people in the United States - especially disadvantaged youth.
The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) offers colleges and universities an opportunity to learn their student registration and voting rates and, for interested campuses, a closer examination of their campus climate for political learning and engagement and correlations between specific student learning experiences and voting.
Cooperative Election Study
The Cooperative Election Study is the largest academic survey of the American public and a core resource for academic researchers and the public for understanding public opinion and American elections.
The Tisch College Community Research Center (TCRC) is a champion and resource for civically engaged and community-centered scholarship across all Tufts campuses. With an emphasis on community participatory and action research, TCRC advances equitable and innovative community-university research partnerships through developing resources, networks, visibility, and new opportunities for learning.
The Center for State Policy Analysis (cSPA) provides rigorous, timely, non-partisan research on live policy issues in Massachusetts.
The Generous Listening and Dialogue Initiative (GLADI) was launched in collaboration with the Vuslat Foundation as a research center focused on building a theory-predicated evidence base for generous listening and dialogue as a means to promote character and community development, both on Tufts campuses and in the world.
CivicGreen is a collaborative project among scholars and practitioners to enrich our democratic imagination and to expand our policy options for sustainable, resilient, and just responses to climate crisis in the United States in the coming decades.
The Research Group on Equity in Health, Wealth and Civic Engagement brings together researchers from across Tufts University to discuss and investigate aspects of equity and inequity in the United States and the world.
Research for Democracy News
Will TikTok be banned? Donald Trump says he has a 'warm spot' for app as it faces January deadline
Research from Tisch College’s CIRCLE finding that as a whole youth voters favored Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election is mentioned. A Tufts Now news story on CIRCLE analysis is linked.
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg runs for Democratic committee post: ‘We can’t win without young voters’
This article cites an analysis from CIRCLE that found young voters preferred Democrats by a 35-point margin in 2018, dropping to a 4-point margin in 2024.
WBUR
Massachusetts governor's more measured approach to President elect-Trump
cSPA's Evan Horowitz explains why Gov. Maura Healy’s response to Donald Trump’s second administration has changed from 2016 when she was the state’s attorney general.Employers or taxpayers: Who should take the hit for the state’s $2.5 billion unemployment debacle?
cSPA's Evan Horowitz comments on unemployment insurance misspending by the state saying, “It’s very hard to make UI a top spending priority, but legislators need to make hard decisions.”
ABC News