The election is over. Now what?
Even after the last ballot is cast, civic engagement remains vital to the lives of young people between the ages of 13 and 25. How civically engaged are teens and young adults? In Springtide’s [...]
Cultivating Care: How to Engage with Young People in Civic Life
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
Voting: What Young People Say
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
“Let’s just agree to disagree”: How Young People Navigate Political Conversation
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
“I saw it on social”: How Digital Life Affects Political Participation
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
“It’s kind of a personal thing to me”: Young People and Issues That Resonate
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
“It’s just too divisive”: Young People and Political Identities
Our newest report, Cultivating Care: How & Why Young People Participate in Civic Life, explores young people’s civic lives in the context of care—how they seek and gain knowledge, detangle [...]
What do young people think when they hear the word politics?
For many young people, the word politics evokes feelings of unhappiness and disillusionment. Close to half of young Americans surveyed in Springtide’s 2024 Study of Young People and Civic Life [...]
Does religion play a role in young people’s political views and civic behaviors?
More than half of young people report that religious beliefs at least slightly inform their political views. Most young people say that their religion¹ shapes their politics at least [...]
A Third of Latina/o Young People Care about Immigration, but Fewer See It as a Top Priority for Voting
Understanding the electorate increasingly means understanding Latina/o populations—especially Latina/o young people. This is because early projections indicate that Latina/os will make up a [...]