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In 2008, an estimated 22 million young Americans under the age of 30 voted in the 2008 presidential election, two million more voters than 2004. The following map includes: Youth voter turnout in 2004 & 2008, historical information from state exit polls from 1996-2008, and figures for eligible young people to vote in 2012. The pop-up data seen to the left is the 2008 Youth Voter Turnout data for 18-29 and 30+.

.In 2003, CIRCLE and Carnegie Corporation of New York jointly produced an important report entitled The Civic Mission of Schools that was widely covered in the press and launched the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, the leading national advocacy campaign in civics. Today, the Campaign has issued a successor report (to which CIRCLE contributed), entitled Guardian of Democracy. The new report draws on 8 years of more research and experience and a broader network.

The report finds that forms of civic engagement such as volunteering, working with neighbors on community problems, attending meetings, and registering to vote in 2006 strongly predicted how well states and large metro areas would weather the unemployment crisis of 2006-10