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Youth Voting/Political Participation

This series of research products addresses: youth voting trends, recent Presidential & midterm primaries, caucuses and elections, voting laws, what works in getting out the vote (GOTV), and local political parties and youth.

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Illinois Primary Youth Turnout 4%

73,000 IL Citizens Under Age 30 Participated in Yesterday’s Primary MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Four percent of eligible voters under the age of 30 participated in yesterday’s Illinois primary, according to preliminary analysis by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE). Youth turnout in the Illinois primary rose from 1996 to Read More >

March 21st, 2012
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Santorum Surpasses Paul in Cumulative Youth Vote Count after Alabama and Mississippi Primaries

Through Super Tuesday Mitt Romney and Ron Paul were essentially tied in the cumulative number of youth votes they have received in the race for the 2012 Republican nomination.  However, with Rick Santorum’s win in yesterday’s Alabama and Mississippi primaries (he gained the highest percentage of votes overall and from youth), he has caught up Read More >

March 14th, 2012
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Youth Turnout in Alabama 8%, Mississippi 5%

Santorum wins Youth Vote in Both States MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Eight percent of eligible voters under the age of 30 in Alabama and five percent in Mississippi participated in yesterday’s primaries, according to exclusive preliminary analysis by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE). Former Sen. Rick Santorum was the Read More >

March 14th, 2012
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Background: Young Voters in Alabama and Mississippi

On Tuesday there will be Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi. Below we’ve summarized information on young voters in those two states. In primaries in the South and Southeast so far in 2012, several different candidates have won the largest percentage of young primary voters. Ron Paul won 31% of young primary voters in South Read More >

March 13th, 2012
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By Same Point in 2008, Obama’s # of Youth Votes More-than-Double 2012 Republican Candidates’

Paul, Romney Still Have More Youth Votes than the ’08 Nominee, Sen. John McCain CIRCLE has been calculating youth voting statistics after each primary in which an exit poll is conducted. Last week, we released the cumulative number of young people’s votes for the 2012 Republican candidates. After Super Tuesday, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul Read More >

March 12th, 2012
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