Voter turnout

Washington, DC - 03/12/2008 - 14 percent of eligible Mississippi citizens under the age of 30 participated in last night’s primary, according to preliminary estimates by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). More than 13,000 young people participated in the Republican primary and 57,000 in the Democratic primary. (See Table 2.) The youth turnout rate in Mississippi more than tripled from 2000 rising from four percent to 14 percent.    » read more »

Washington, DC - 01/30/2008 - 13 percent of eligible Florida citizens under the age of 30 participated in last night’s Florida primary, according to preliminary estimates by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). More than 150,000 young people participated in the Florida Democratic primary, despite the fact that the Democratic primary was not fully contested.    » read more »

Washington, DC - 01/27/2008 - Nineteen percent of eligible South Carolina citizens under the age of 30 participated in the South Carolina primaries, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The primaries attracted an estimated 120,000 young voters to the polls.    » read more »

Washington, D.C. - 01/09/2008 - 43 percent of eligible New Hampshire citizens under the age of 30 participated in last night’s New Hampshire primary, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The youth turnout rate rose sharply to 43 percent in 2008 compared to 18 percent in 2004 and 28 percent in 2000. Young people increased their turnout more than the older age group.    » read more »

Iowa Youth Turnout Rate More than Triples

Washington, D.C. - 01/04/2008 - Thirteen percent of eligible Iowans under the age of 30 participated in last night’s Iowa caucuses, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The youth turnout rate rose to 13 percent in 2008 from 4 percent in 2004 and 3 percent in 2000.    » read more »

Off-year elections offer clues on parties’ strengths heading into 2008

07 November 2007 -- Washington -- “All registered voters should exercise their constitutional right,” a November 5 editorial in the Reading Eagle, a newspaper in Berks County, Pennsylvania, urged. “Tuesday is Election Day, but because it’s an off-year election, voter turnout will be low … and that’s a shame,” the editorial stated, adding that even though national races attract more interest, “local races in the off-year elections have a greater impact on the daily lives” of average citizens.    » read more »