Saturday, November 3, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: YOUTH AND THE 2012 ELECTION - CIRCLE

CIRCLE:
INFOGRAPHIC: YOUTH AND THE 2012 ELECTION

For Immediate Release:
Friday, November 3, 2012
Contact: Brad Luna, 202-812-8140 (cell)
(Release continues below, after infographic)
INFOGRAPHIC

Premiere Youth Research Center Releases Infographic Showing Newly Released Poll Results on Youth and the 2012 Election

National Press Call Scheduled for November 7th to Provide Exclusive Youth Turnout #, Expert Analysis on Young Voters

Medford/Somerville, Mass – With just 4 days until the 2012 general election, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Education (CIRCLE), the premiere youth think tank based at Tufts University, today released an infographic and key summary of polling data, which was released over the last week on youth and the 2012 election.
The infographic released today illustrates the poll’s findings relating to the role young voters are playing in this year’s election, their feelings about the candidates and the top items influencing youth voters.  The poll data and infographic were featured today in a piece published on the Huffington Post Politics vertical:  http://huff.to/SEEoqv

The key summary and analysis from the CIRCLE poll, commissioned by the Youth Engagement Fund (YEF), released this week includes:

National Press Call to Provide Analysis from Youth Experts, Release Exclusive Youth Turnout #

At 12noon (ET) on the day after the election (Wednesday, November 7) Rock the Vote and Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) will hold a joint telephonic press conference where experts at both groups will provide in-depth analysis regarding the role young Americans played on Election Day, and researchers from CIRCLE will release exclusive estimates on the youth turnout rate for the 2012 election. 
WHO:           Heather Smith, President, Rock the Vote and Peter Levine, Director, CIRCLE
WHEN:        12noon (ET) – 1pm (ET) on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
WHERE:      Toll-Free (US & Canada):    (888) 567-1602
         International Dial-In (Toll):    (201) 604-5049
** To reserve a line for the call, please RSVP to zoe@berlinrosen.com or brad@lunamediagroup.com. **
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CIRCLE (www.civicyouth.org) is a nonpartisan, independent, academic research center that studies young people in politics and presents detailed data on young voters in all 50 states. CIRCLE was founded in 2001 with a generous gift from the Pew Charitable Trusts and is part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. CIRCLE's reputation for reliable, independent, timely research has been hailed by experts in the field of civic partnership, such as Harvard University professor Robert Putnam who said CIRCLE has brought "the best and most serious research to one place.”
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service (http://activecitizen.tufts.edu/) is a national leader whose model and research are setting the standard for higher education’s role in civic engagement education. Serving every school of Tufts University, Tisch College creates an enduring culture that prepares students to be lifelong active citizens.
Tufts University (http://www.tufts.edu/) located on three Massachusetts campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, and in Talloires, France, is recognized as one of the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across the university's schools is widely encouraged.
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