CIRCLE in the News

CIRCLE often changes public discourse and press coverage about young people as citizens. We do this by providing a stream of reliable data and analysis that helps Americans to understand the strengths and weaknesses of civic education and engagement, broadly defined. Our research has been cited in most national newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times; on networks like CNN, NPR, PBS, NBC, and Fox News; in magazines like TIME, The Atlantic, National Journal, and Forbes; and on top online news sites like The Huffington Post, Mic, Roll Call, and POLITICO.

A selection of recent coverage includes:

2016

December

• Boston high-schoolers stage anti-Trump walkout. A lesson in democracy? By Steven Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 12/6/2016
• The Problems with the Left, by Mary Kate Cary, U.S. News & World Report, 12/2/2016
• The real problem behind fake news, by Matt Bai, Yahoo! News, 12/1/2016

November

• Trump’s win fuels growth in the ranks of College Republicans, by María Rose Williams, The Kansas City Star, 11/28/2016
• A look at Black millennial voter performance, by Charles D. Ellison, The Philadelphia Tribune 11/26/2016
• Confessions of a Millennial Hillary Supporter, by Madeline Orr, Observer, 11/23/2016
• Millennials Ditching Party ID, Post-Election Analysis Shows, by Chistina Flom, Roll Call, 11/18/2016
• Teaching civics in an age of Trump, by Josh Kenworthy, Christian Science Monitor, 11/16/2016
• Do High School Walkouts Suggest Generational Resistance to Trump? By Adam Howard, NBC News, 11/14/2016
• Estimates put youth vote turnout at 50 percent, heavily for Clinton except among whites, by Meteor Blades, The Daily Kos, 11/11/2016
• Millennials for Trump? Twenty-somethings in Battleground States Ponder their New Reality, by Maya Kosoff, Vanity Fair, 11/11/2016
• Dissecting the Youth Vote, by Emily Richmond, Mikhail Zinshteyn, and Natalie Gross, The Atlantic, 11/11/2016
• Millennials did not elect Trump, by John D. Sutter, CNN, 11/10/2016
• Boomers in revolt: Was Trump’s shocking win an act of generational warfare?, by Matthew Sheffield, Salon, 11/10/2016
• Who Voted For Trump? Millennials Supported Clinton With 54 Percent Of The Youth Vote, by Julia Glum, International Business Times, by 11/9/2016
• What This Election Taught Us About Millennial Voters, by Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg, 11/9/2016
• Trump Victory Jolts Higher Ed, by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education, 11/9/2016
• These 3 charts perfectly explain how older voters got Trump elected, by Sarah K. Burris, Raw Story, 11/9/2016
• Civics Education: More Necessary than Ever, by Heather Loewecke, Education Week, 11/7/2016
• The case for allowing 16-year-olds to vote, by Zachary Crockett, Vox, 11/7/2016
• Here’s Why Hillary Clinton’s Troubles Aren’t Millennials’ Fault, by Asma Khalid, NPR, 11/4/2016
• The Power of Millennial Voters, by David Gregory, The Boston Globe, 11/1/2016

October

• Parallel universes, even among the young, by Cahterine Rampell, Washington Post, 10/28/2016
• Why don’t millennials vote as much as older generations? Blame institutional road blocks. By Emily Cahn, Mic, 10/26/2016
• Why these college Republicans think Trump is excelling in final debate, by Ivan Levingston, CNBC, 10/20/2016
• Record low share of young people plan to vote Republican this November, by Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 10/18/2016
• They really wanted Sanders. Now Clinton wants them. By Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC, 10/18/2016
• What makes young people more excited about politics? Deciding how to spend municipal budgets, by Celina Su, Washington Post (Monkey Cage), 10/17/2016
• Clinton’s way up with millennials — but Trump’s backers seem more eager to vote, by David Lightman, McClatchy DC, 10/17/2016
• Clinton vs. Trump Polls: Millennials Support Hillary More Than Trump, But Will They Vote On Election Day?, by Julia Glum, International Business Times, 10/17/2016
• Poll: Campaigns Aren’t Contacting Younger Voters, by Christina Flom, Roll Call, 10/17/2016
• A toxic election is damaging the seed corn of democracy — young voters, by Victoria McGrane, Boston Globe, 10/15/2016
• Bernie Sanders’ Young Voters Love Donald Trump, GOP Nominee Claims, But Do Recent Polls Tell A Different Story? By Julia Glum, International Business Times, 10/12/2016
• 2 pretty understandable reasons so few young voters are excited about Hillary Clinton, by Jeff Stein, Vox, 10/5/2016
• Clinton’s millennial challenge, by Thomas Fitzgerald and Maddie Hanna, Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/2/2016

September

• Clinton Reassured Moderates But Didn’t Inspire The Base, by Miles Mogulescu, Huffington Post, 9/29/2016
• Does arguing about politics turn young people off? Surprisingly, no. By Matthew D. Luttig and Cathy J. Cohen, Washington Post (Monkey Cage), 9/21/2016
• Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren make the pitch to millennials for Clinton, by Jacqueline Alemany, CBS News, 9/18/2016
• Millennials Have Cooled on Hillary Clinton, Forcing a Campaign Reset, by Aaron Zitner and Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal, 9/16/2016
• States play hooky from teaching about Democrats and Republicans, by Alex Daugherty, McClatchy DC, 9/15/2016
• Hillary Clinton has millennials’ support, and now she’s trying to make sure they vote, by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 9/13/2016
• Get in the game: Empowering America’s next generation to vote, by Meg Heubeck and Gerard Ferri, The Washington Times, 9/12/2016
• Why the election map has a built-in, and growing, Democratic bias, by David Lightman, McClatchy DC, 9/12/2016
• Georgia’s young voters not satisfied with Trump, Clinton, by Janel Davis, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9/11/2016
• Teaching Sept. 11 To Students Who Were Born After The Attacks Happened, by Eric Westervelt, NPR, 9/10/2016
• How social media helps young people — especially minorities and the poor — get politically engaged, by Matthew D. Luttig and Cathy J. Cohen, Washington Post, 9/9/2016

August

• Most young people don’t vote — and these awkward efforts to woo them aren’t helping, by Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 8/30/2016
• The Forgotten Millennials, by Rebecca Nelson, New Republic, 8/25/2016
• Can political apps send more young people to the polls? By Deirdre Finnerty, BBC News, 8/23/2016
• Millennial Generation and Campaign 2016, C-SPAN Washington Journal, 8/22/2016
• Is Donald Trump alienating young Republicans?, by Victoria McGrane, The Boston Globe, 8/20/2016
• Clinton has strong potential with young voters – if they vote, by David Lightman, McClatchy DC, 8/11/2016
• For first-time voters, an unprecedented election with unusual choices, by Miranda Davis, Kansas City Star, 8/9/2016
• How a Feminist Triumph Hurt Hillary, by Joanna Weiss, Politico, 8/2/2016

July

• How the Obama Revolution Could Hurt Hillary Clinton, by Charlotte Alter, TIME, 7/28/2016
• Clinton campaign learning from Sanders to boost youth vote, by Meagan Fitzpatrick, CBC News, 7/27/2016
• Clinton somehow needs to get Bernie Sanders’ brigade to embrace her, by David Golstein and David Lightman, McClatchy DC, 7/26/2016
• For these young Republicans, student debt and jobs are top priority, by Daniel Moritz-Rabson, PBS Newshour, 7/24/2016
• These Young GOP Women Support Trump — But Will Others? By Torey Van Oot, Refinery 29, 7/21/2016
• GOP insiders sat the RNC out. Now millennials are taking over. By David Lightman, McClatchy DC, 7/20/2016
• Explaining the ‘scandals, lies and incivility’ of the 2016 election to teens, by Judy Woodruff, PBS Newshour, 7/12/2016
• What’s Next for College Students Who Backed Bernie, by Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/11/2016
• Sweet 16: The Case for Lowering the Voting Age, by Jazmin Kay, The Nation, 7/7/2016
• Clinton seeks young voters with wider debt-free college plan, by Anne Gearan and John Wagner, The Washington Post, 7/6/2016
• Obama Makes his Debut on the Campaign Trail, by Nora Kelly, The Atlantic, 7/5/2016
• Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote’: The 26th Amendment’s Mixed Legacy, by Joseph P. Williams, U.S. News and World Report, 7/1/2016

June

• They aren’t in it for ‘free stuff’: What critics get wrong about millennial Bernie Sanders supporters, by Conor Lynch, Salon, 6/24/2016
• Can Donald Trump Win Bernie Sanders Voters? Poll Indicates He Already Has Locked Some Up, by Tim Marcin, International Business Times, 6/22/2016
• Hillary’s Plan to Woo Millennials: Steal Bernie, by Chris Deaton, The Weekly Standard, 6/21/2016
• More young people voted for Bernie Sanders than Trump and Clinton combined — by a lot, by Aaron Blake, The Washington Post, 6/20/2016
• Hillary Clinton must ignite devotion of young supporters, by Victoria McGrane, The Boston Globe, 6/16/2016
• Clinton Nabs Sanders Staffer for Millennial Voter Outreach, by Gabrielle Levy, U.S. News and World Report, 6/10/2016
• Ripples of a revolution: what will Bernie Sanders’ supporters do next?, by Adam Gabbatt, The Guardian, 6/9/2016
• Why Clinton is about to take a big lead over Trump, by David Lightman, McClatchyDC, 6/7/2016
• Watch Barack Obama Use Commencement Speeches to Talk to Young Voters Over the Years, by Maya Rhodan, TIME, 6/3/2016
• Sanders is beating Obama’s 2008 youth vote record. And the primary’s not even over. By Jeff Stein, VOX, 6/2/2016

May

• Dump Trump? Some millennials aren’t so sure, by Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press, 5/27/2016
• Young voters key to election — will Sanders’ fans go to Clinton? By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/25/2016
• U.S. presidential race: “fear” drives students to rally vote, by Jon Marcus, Times Higher Education, 5/19/2016
• Millennials now rival Boomers in political force, but will they actually vote? By Asma Khalid, National Public Radio, 5/16/2016
• Why S.F. should lower voting age, by Oliver Sanghvi York and Jillian Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/9/2016
• Clinton’s bid for Democratic unity a tough sell among some Sanders supporters, by Margaret Talev and Arit John, Bloomberg, 5/9/2016
• Paltry youth voter turnout in KC raises concerns, by Lynn Horsely, The Kansas City Star, 5/9/2016
• 16 young Americans shaping the 2016 election, by Zoe Carpenter, Rolling Stone, 5/2/2016

April

• Donald Trump won millennial vote in Pennsylvania and Maryland, by Daniel White, TIME, 4/27/2016
• Clinton must treat young voters like adults, by Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 4/24/2016
• College Students to GOP: Don’t Bother, by Jess Nocera, Miami Herald, 4/22/2016
• Will Hispanic Millennials Vote? By Priscilla Álvarez, The Atlantic, 4/21/2016
• No Candidate Left Behind, by Caitlin Emma, POLITICO (Morning Education), 4/21/2016
• Young voters turn out in record numbers in New York, by Daniel White, TIME, 4/20/2016
• Exploring the youth vote on the campaign trail, The Joy Cardin Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, 4/14/2016
• Young voters flocked to the polls on Tuesday, by Ann-Elise Henzl, Milwaukee Public Radio, 4/8/2016
• Wisconsin voter ID law could hurt college students’ participation in primary, general elections, by Julia Glum, International Business Times, 4/5/2016
• Are young voters altering Republican and Democratic primary races? by Renee Montagne, National Public Radio, 4/4/2016
• Why Duke University students are calling for college administrators to be fired, by Josh Kenworthy, Christian Science Monitor, 4/4/2016
• Why Millennials have stopped being (political) party people, by Peter Levine, Newsweek, 4/3/2016
• On campuses across the country, students are standing up for Donald Trump, by Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 4/1/2016

March

• The Waning Influence of American Political Parties, by Peter Levine, The Conversation, 3/31/2016
• How Bernie can Win (But He’s Not Going to Like it), by Bill Scher, POLITICO, 3/30/2016
• Presidential Politics in the New Social Media Age, by Caroline Klatt, Huffington Post, 3/30/2016
• Young Voters Don’t Like Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: What that Means for November, by Julia Glum, International Business Times, 3/29/2016
• College Students Describe Election in one Word: Crazy, Voice of America, 3/26/2016
• 74-year old Bernie Sanders’s remarkable dominance over young voters, in 1 chart, by Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 3/17/2016
• Trump and Clinton both have problems with young voters. This is how it could cost them, by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Fox News, 3/15/2016
• Sanders Strength With Young People Shouldn’t be Underestimated, by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, New York Times, 3/14/2016
• Super Tuesday Sees Trump and Clinton Triumph: Scholars Around the Globe React, The Conversation, 3/2/2016
• Yes, Millennials are voting. But That Doesn’t Mean they’ll Tell You Who They’re Voting For, by Allison Pohle, Boston.com, 3/1/2016

February

• Ten States Where Millennials Will Have the Most Impact in the 2016 Election, by Frances Bridges, Forbes, 2/29/2016
• Three Important Quotes from the GOP Debate, Explained, by Andra Gillespie, U.S. News & World Report, 2/26/2016
• Five Things Politicians Need to Know About Millennial Women to get Their Votes, by Elisa Camahort Page, Fortune, 2/25/2016
• The 10 States Where Millennials Could Sway the Election, by Asma Khalid, National Public Radio, 2/24/2016
• A Transgender Student Bill Could Become Law, by Caitlin Emma, POLITICO, 2/22/2016
• Young Voters, Motivated Again, by The Editorial Board, The New York Times, 2/21/2016
• Beyond Student Debt: Where it’s not the top Campaign Priority for Millennials, by Asma Khalid, NPR, 2/19/2016
• Why College Activism is Soaring, by Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor, 2/11/2016
• Bernie Sanders Has Already Succeeded in a Huge Way (Even If He Loses), by Greg Sargent, Washington Post, 2/11/2016
• College Freshmen Are More Politically Engaged Than They Have Been In Decades, by Mikhail Zinshteyn, FiveThirtyEight, 2/10/2016
• Young Voters: Respect Us, We Might Vote for You, by Carol Costello, CNN, 2/5/2016
• How Engaged are Young Voters in the 2016 Presidential Election? By Renee Montagne, National Public Radio, 2/3/2016
• Young Voters Give Bernie Sanders a Lift in Iowa Caucuses, by Daniel White, Time, 2/2/2016
• Can the Youth Vote Change Election Outcomes? By Emily Richmond, The Atlantic, 2/1/2016

January

• Sanders Pins his Iowa Hopes on Fickle Voting Bloc, by Mark Niquette, Bloomberg Politics, 1/26/2016
• Millennials the New Majority but Still Less Likely to Vote, by Alberto Pimiento, Voice of America, 1/26/2016
• Millennials Want to See a Trump vs. Sanders Matchup, by Daniel White, TIME Magazine, 1/11/2016

2015

• Meet Your Match: Will Smartphones Get Millennials to the Polls?, by Joseph P. Williams, U.S. News and World Report, 12/23/2015
• Republicans Hope to Win Among Millennials Despite Their Liberal Leanings, by Eugene Scott, CNN, 12/5/2015
• Courting the Youth Vote: How Both Parties Plan to Target Asian-American Millennials, by David Lumb, NBC News, 12/4/2015
• Students for Trump: Meet the Millennials Helping The Donald Nab the Youth Vote, by Julia Glum, International Business Time, 12/1/2015
• Millennium Voters: We Need You, by Dr. Ricardo Azziz, Huffington Post Education, 11/29/2015
• Why Do Young People Like Socialism More than Older People? By Sam Sanders, National Public Radio, 11/23/2015
• Bernie Sanders Joins SnapChat: Will the App Shape the Election? By Patrick Torphy, Christian Science Monitor, 11/16/2015
• Why Don’t Young People Vote? By Hanan Esaili, Huffington Post, 11/12/2015
• Audience Partners joins forces with Elite Daily to help political campaigns and advocacy groups reach millennial voters, PR Newswire, 11/6/2015
• The “Trump Show” has Millennials’ Attention…But Will They Vote?, by Sonali Seth, CNBC, 10/23/2015
• Politics Isn’t Wasted on the Young, by Dave Spencer, Huffington Post, 10/22/2015
• Renewing our Commitment to U.S. History and Civics by Alan Solomont and Peter Levine, Roll Call, 10/15/2015
• How Harvard is Trying to Translate Protests into Votes, by Talmon Smith, Huffington Post, 10/6/2015
• Why Civics is About More than Citizenship, by Alia Wong, The Atlantic, 9/17/2015
• Millennials Don’t Believe in Voting, by Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe, 8/21/2015
• What’s the Right Way to Teach Civics?, by Vauhini Vara, The New Yorker, 8/4/2015
• Brigade Seeks to Reboot Political Engagement in America with Civic Social Media by Alexander Howard, Huffington Post Tech, 6/18/2015
• Millennials are Disillusioned with Politics. Here’s a Way that Might Change by Ana Swanson, Washington Post, 6/17/2015
• The Slander of “the Broken Veteran” by Rebecca Burgess, Newsweek, 5/9/2015
• Millennials Divided on Whether Justice System is Fair to Minorities by James Pindell, Boston Globe, 4/29/2015
• Even as Online Learning Grows, America’s Students Struggle with U.S. History, Civics by Kyla Calvert Mason, PBS News, 4/29/2015
• Poll Finds Democrats’ Edge Among Young Slipping by Nick Corasaniti, The New York Times, 4/29/2015
• Sandra Day O’Connor’s Post-Court Legacy: Civics Games by Greg Toppo, USA Today, 4/14/2015
• San Francisco Supervisor Proposes to Let 16-Year-Olds Vote by Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg News, 3/23/2015
• Tufts Professor: I Just Want Kids to Vote Before Age 18 and Before They Leave School by Dom Giordano, CBS Philadelphia, 3/9/2015
• Why the Voting Age Should be 17 by Peter Levine, Politico, 2/24/2015
• Good Citizenship Transcends a Test: Opposing View by Peter Levine, USA Today, 2/8/2015
• Republicans Ignore Youth Vote at Their Peril by Justin Peligri, Washington Blade, 1/30/2015
• The Most Revealing Moment from Obama’s YouTube Q&A by Andrew Prokop, Vox, 1/23/2015
• To Revive Our Democracy, Revive Civic Education by Peter Levine and Scott Warren, The Hill, 1/14/2015
• How Campaigns Are Courting 16-year olds by Darren Samuelson, Politico, 1/11/2015
• Students in Maryland Test Civic Participation and Win Right to Vote by Elena Schneider, New York Times, 1/9/2015

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