Civic Education
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Maryland Will Deliver…But for Whom?
As the coronavirus has resulted in a national public health emergency, states are postponing their primaries to lessen contact among individuals in the hope of lessening the spread of the […]
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A Roadmap for Engaging College Students in Our Nation’s Elections
Increasing voter turnout on your college campus can seem like an extremely overwhelming task at first. So many students, so little time! You may have asked yourself, “Where and how […]
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Why Many Young People Don’t Vote – And How to Fix That
Voter turnout among young Americans has been dismal since 18-year-olds earned the right to vote with the passage of the 26th amendment in 1971. Even in 2018—a high water mark […]
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Wisconsin 2020: The Big Battle To Be The Big Cheese
In 2016, it was the results from Wisconsin that put Donald Trump over the top in the Electoral College vote count to secure the presidency for the Republican Party. The […]
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Democracy’s Best Defense: Inoculation, Digital Literacy, and Vote Planning
2016 witnessed foreign interference in our elections which was, and continues to be, a direct threat to our democracy and democracies around the world.[1] Experts say there will be future […]
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Civic Engagement Through Service Learning in Pomona, California
Concerned scholars have long noted that young Americans suffer from high levels of political apathy—they vote less often than their elder compatriots, they have a limited interest in politics, and […]
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More than the Presidency: Making Sense of the Other Choices on the Primary Ballot
During presidential election years, the public’s attention is often dominated by the presidential candidates, and we tend to ignore many of the other candidates on the ballot. The 2018 election […]
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Unpacking the 2020 Iowa Caucus
In the basement of the Isle Casino Hotel in Davenport, Iowa, a precinct captain approached the podium in the front of the room in khakis and a maroon sweater. “Welcome […]
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Utah’s 2020 Presidential Primary
Utah is one of a handful of states seeking to increase its visibility in presidential politics by moving its primary date to “Super Tuesday” (March 3, 2020). States often seek […]
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Getting out the Vote in the Valley: Connecting Politics and Participation to Youth
Inspired by the legacy and lessons learned from the historic 1964 Freedom Summer, students from UC Santa Cruz and UC Merced took their energy and activism home to the Central […]