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Ashburn, Elyse – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Obamamania has swept across college campuses. Students, it seems, are out campaigning, registering people to vote, singing the Democrat's praises far and wide. This article reports that a new poll of college students in four battleground states--Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania--conducted by CBS News, UWIRE, and "The…
Descriptors: College Students, Elections, Political Candidates, Political Issues
Marcelo, Karlo Barrios; Lopez, Mark Hugo; Kirby, Emily Hoban – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2007
Political scientists and sociologists have long established significant differences in civic engagement between women and men. Utilizing data from the 2006 Civic and Political Health of the Nation Survey, and several other sources, new information is provided on the civic engagement of youth, confidence in government, and following public affairs…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation, Gender Differences, National Surveys
Jenkins, Krista – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), University of Maryland, 2005
This Working Paper presents an overview of findings from research that addresses whether, and to what extent, gender is salient in the development of norms of citizen behavior and key precursors to citizen engagement. A variety of data is used to illuminate the complexity of gender's relationship to citizen engagement among today's youth. The bulk…
Descriptors: Political Issues, Politics, Social Attitudes, Citizen Participation