Civic Studies » 2014 election http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 nonprofit outreach boosts turnout http://peterlevine.ws/?p=16137 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=16137#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:14:45 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=16137 Continue reading → Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2015/12/09/nonprofit-outreach-boosts-turnout/feed/ 0 2014 set records for lowest youth registration and turnout http://peterlevine.ws/?p=15491 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=15491#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:29:00 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=15491 (Austin, TX) CIRCLE is reporting today that 19.9 percent of 18-to 29-years old cast ballots in the 2014 elections. That was the lowest rate of youth turnout recorded by Census data since the voting age was lowered to 18. The … Continue reading →

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Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2015/07/22/2014-set-records-for-lowest-youth-registration-and-turnout/feed/ 0 do younger Americans think they lack the knowledge to vote responsibly? http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14575 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14575#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:12:57 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14575 According to a HuffPost/YouGov survey reported by Ariel Edwards-Levy, younger Americans are the most likely to believe that you should only vote if you are well-informed. According to the same poll, younger Americans guess that a majority of their fellow citizens vote in midterm years. They overestimate … Continue reading →

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Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/11/24/do-younger-americans-think-they-lack-the-knowledge-to-vote-responsibly/feed/ 0 top 8 takeaways about young voters and the 2014 election http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14536 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14536#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:40:07 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14536 In lieu of a post of my own, here are CIRCLE’s eight summary points about youth voting in 2014: Each election year, the headlines about youth voters tend to be the same. The relatively low turnout rate is usually lamented, … Continue reading →

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Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/11/14/top-8-takeaways-about-young-voters-and-the-2014-election/feed/ 0 CIRCLE’s youth turnout estimate: 21.3% http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14493 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14493#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:00:06 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14493 This is what we work through Election Night for (my colleagues more than I): an exclusive, preliminary youth turnout estimate. It shows at least 9.9 million young Americans (ages 18-29), or 21.3%, voted in Tuesday’s midterm election, according to national … Continue reading →

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Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/11/05/circles-youth-turnout-estimate-21-3/feed/ 0 the Brennan Center’s Student Voting Guide http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14254 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14254#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:27:52 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=14254 (Orlando, FL) The laws governing registration and voting are confusing, rapidly changing, sometimes deliberately restrictive, and different in every state. In our 2012 youth survey, we found that substantial majorities of 18-29-year-olds did not know or misunderstood the laws that … Continue reading →

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Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/07/30/mapping-the-youth-vote-in-2014/feed/ 0 do marijuana ballot initiatives raise youth turnout? http://peterlevine.ws/?p=13210 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=13210#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:22:55 +0000 http://peterlevine.ws/?p=13210 We are cited in a couple of recent news articles about whether potential marijuana-legalization ballot measures in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, Montana and Nevada could encourage young people to vote in 2014 or 2016. (See Toluse Olorunnipa, “Florida Pot … Continue reading →

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