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Sara Suzuki

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Senior Researcher @ CIRCLE { civic engagement, critical consciousness, youth vote, QuantCrit, movement building } Building a more just democracy through co-creating knowledge and power with young people sara-suzuki.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/09/2026
Like an estimated 350,000 Haitian immigrants, Pierre Damas Bel had recently lost temporary protected status, which is given to people fleeing nations experiencing disaster. He was recently run over and killed in what his family believes was a suicide. wapo.st/4cmZ8AJ
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 01/09/2026
Uh…so when will my university email be working again? #outlookoutage
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 22/08/2026
me: young people are hardwired to find a “civic home” where they can connect with others forming their political voices around similar issues and challenges
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 21/08/2026
How many peer reviews do you do a year versus how many submissions (initial submissions and revisions) do you do per year?
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 10/03/2026
New global poll shows younger Gen Z men are more likely to think we've gone "too far" in promoting women's rights (49% in the U.S.). Given that young American men don't hold particularly extreme gender views, I suspect a key reason is earning power, perceived and felt. www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/news/...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 27/02/2026
Excited to share CIRCLE’s new report on political homes for youth! What was your political home as a young person? What political homes do young people around you have today? circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
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Building Political Homes for Youth
Authors: Sara Suzuki, Seona Maskara, Ruby Belle Booth, Alberto Medina Contributors: Sarah Burnham, Eva Kroh
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 07/01/2026
Only 1% thought the government should prioritize "cost of living" in 2018. That number has now shot up to 1 in 3. And among all age groups, youth were most likely to prioritize housing costs with almost 1 in 4 saying it is what the government needs to focus on in this new year. buff.ly/CVArMmW
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 07/11/2025
‼️ Young voters powered Mamdani to victory and TURNED OUT in Virginia and New Jersey! Full analysis here: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 02/10/2025
Wow the Census's data tables and MDAT tool are both not loading right now because of the shutdown...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 29/06/2025
Ok, but this equates turnout with “turning out registered voters” as every data source used except the Pew data only had registered voters. More unregistered nonvoters would have voted Harris than Trump. Source: CES 2024 data.
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Demos @demosorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🧵 New research reveals 1.5 million North Carolinians are missing during election time, in part because NC has become one of the hardest states to vote in. The solution? Remove the barriers. Empower voters. Read our new report with @scsjofficial.bsky.social: demos.nyc/nc-missing-v...
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Who Are North Carolina's 1.5 Million Missing Voters? | Demos
In this report, Dēmos and Southern Coalition for Social Justice expose a crisis in North Carolina's democracy and its voter rolls, and share commonsense policy solutions to fix it.
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Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My latest piece @prri.org , which helps explain how our politics have become so gendered. open.substack.com/pub/prri/p/o...
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Our Increasingly Gendered Politics
Unpacking the political dynamics behind conservatives' commitment to gendered hierarchies
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 29/06/2025
“young voters have not become more likely to identify as conservative…Gen Z might not be the disaster for Democrats that Shor and others are predicting. The 2024 election might have been an anomalous event in which young people’s deep dissatisfaction with the economy…drove them to want change.”
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 29/06/2025
Ok, but this equates turnout with “turning out registered voters” as every data source used except the Pew data only had registered voters. More unregistered nonvoters would have voted Harris than Trump. Source: CES 2024 data.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 08/04/2025
Dig into a brand new study from CIRCLE and Protect Democracy on Gen Z’s views of democracy—both as an ideal and how it is in reality. See what underlies these attitudes so we can understand what it takes to bring all youth into the urgent fight for democracy. protectdemocracy.org/work/how-doe...
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How does Gen Z really feel about democracy? - Protect Democracy
A new survey offers three profiles of how young Americans perceive democracy, engage with civic life, and see their role in shaping the future.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 30/03/2025
New Amicus episode: @dahlialithwick.bsky.social‬ talks with @wendyweiser.bsky.social about everything that's wrong with the executive order on voting and elections. Weiser calls it "completely unlawful" and "disastrous." slate.com/podcasts/ami...
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Think All This Gets Fixed With The Midterms? Think Again
The midterms will be too late to tackle Trump’s extraordinary attempt at restricting voting.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 28/03/2025
CIRCLE and our incredible partners at Protect Democracy started this important research about Gen Z's attitudes toward democracy in September 2024. Already back then, it was clear to us how important it was to dispel myths and generalizations about young people's relationship to democracy.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 19/03/2025
My conclusion from dinner last night with the TBR crew (The Black Response, Cambridge) is that I need to read David Graeber. Which book should I start with?
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 02/03/2025
Wonderful working with my good friend & colleague Dr. Elena Maker Castro on this piece! LPTA is hard to do but can uncover diversity in developmental experiences. The prevalence of stress and anxiety among those who stayed "Liberated Actors" is a very important finding. doi.org/10.1037/dev0...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 19/02/2025
Interactive Black History map blackhistory.kinkofa.com/explore
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Explore the Black History Month Map | kinkofa x PamPam
Discover significant Black historical locations and contributions through the interactive Black History Month Map by kinkofa.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 17/02/2025
"...among the biggest errors many democracies have made...is to view individual dignity primarily through the prism of political freedom without being sufficiently attentive to the indignity of corruption, inequality, and a lack of economic opportunity." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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How Democracy Can Win
The right way to counter autocracy.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 17/02/2025
Very insightful article.
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 12/02/2025
“Democracy is not in decline. Rather, it is under attack.” In a 2023 essay, Samantha Power made the case for a new approach to democracy promotion—one that tackles corruption, inequality, and the rise of digital authoritarianism.
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How Democracy Can Win
The right way to counter autocracy.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 17/02/2025
What lies ahead is not fascist or single-party dictatorship but competitive authoritarianism—a system in which parties compete in elections but the incumbent’s abuse of power tilts the playing field against the opposition. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The small city of Reading in central Pennsylvania is around 70 percent Latino. In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points. I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out: newrepublic.com/article/1908...
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This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes
Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 15/02/2025
The most common religious hate crimes in the United States are against Jews, followed by hate crimes targeting Muslims. Sikhs also experience more hate crimes than Christians in the U.S., though Jews, Muslims, and Sikhs together make up a much smaller share of the population than Christians.
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Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Glad to see PRRI's Census of American Religion used in this new CSM piece on which religious groups are actually facing hate crimes in the US. www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
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Trump decries ‘anti-Christian bias.’ Which religions are targeted in US?
With President Trump creating a task force to stamp out anti-Christian bias, what does religious discrimination in the United States look like today?
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Wow. This is such a cool search tool. Well done, @gristnews.bsky.social. grist.org/accountabili...
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Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code.
From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 10/02/2025
If you are a staff member in #HigherEd what resources would be helpful for you in this moment? What do you need?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term..." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/the-nature-o...
The Nature of Our Power: A Conversation with political scientist Erica Chenoweth
By Rebecca Solnit • 8 Feb 2025
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"The best study on the subject in my opinion suggests that in the long term, institutions really can’t save us; that civil society and mass mobilization are a more potent check on a backsliding democracy in the long term than relying on institutional checks and balances alone." That's what political scientist Erica Chenoweth told me when I asked them if we could have a conversation (by email, below in full) about the current constitutional crisis/coup attempt and what we can do about it. Chenoweth is a hugely influential scholar of nonviolent social change, best known for their empirical research that not only documents what makes civil resistance work but demonstrates that it works, often extremely effectively. They direct the  Nonviolent Action Lab, which studies how people have built movements and developed strategies to resist authoritarianism successfully and documents how nonviolence can be effective. There's no one I wanted to hear from more in this constitutional crisis, and I'm grateful I can share their insights with all of you.
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Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Essential read from @franciswilkinson.bsky.social at Bloomberg, featuring a great assessment of PRRI's new 50-state report on Christian Nationalism. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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MAGA’s Driving Force Is Christian Nationalism
Evangelical votes have mattered to the GOP for decades. But not like this — and not with such extreme views.
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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 07/02/2025
🔎 🔎 🔎 Insights for movement leaders from our latest poll: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
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Young People and the 2024 Election: Struggling, Disconnected, and Dissatisfied
Authors: Alberto Medina, Kelly Siegel-Stechler, Sara Suzuki Contributors: Ruby Belle Booth, Katie Hilton   At a Glance: Main Findings Multiple Barriers: Some youth were ignored by campaigns or...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 02/02/2025
The newly elected DNC Vice Chair David Hogg has insights on young voters that are quite on point. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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David Hogg Knows Why Democrats Lost Young Voters
The Parkland survivor discusses his DNC vice chair campaign, the “failed political system,” and how Democrats can win back America’s youth.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 19/01/2025
“I found that discussing the countertrends could spark people’s democratic imaginations. While no single one had much impact, discussing several had a cumulative effect—people became less cynical and more open to the possibility that our democracy might be fixable after all.”
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
It's not our fault, but we sure as hell pay the price.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 19/01/2025
Really interesting article! Shifting beliefs were catalyzed by three key experiences: (1) distancing from ideological community, (2) desire to seek out information, and (3) solidifying experiences of gradual or epiphanic realization.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 18/01/2025
Let me know if your organization wants to be listed in this starter pack! go.bsky.app/L9R28dw
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 17/01/2025
🔎 Key findings from a national poll of youth in November 2024: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
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Young People and the 2024 Election: Struggling, Disconnected, and Dissatisfied
Authors: Alberto Medina, Kelly Siegel-Stechler, Sara Suzuki Contributors: Ruby Belle Booth, Katie Hilton   At a Glance: Main Findings Multiple Barriers: Some youth were ignored by campaigns or...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 15/01/2025
This is the first analysis from CIRCLE using data from our post-election national poll of young people (including non-voters) in the US. This poll helped uncover answers to some critical questions after the November election. Please check it out! circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
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Young People and the 2024 Election: Struggling, Disconnected, and Dissatisfied
Authors: Alberto Medina, Kelly Siegel-Stechler, Sara Suzuki Contributors: Ruby Belle Booth, Katie Hilton   At a Glance: Main Findings Multiple Barriers: Some youth were ignored by campaigns or...
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Africana Political Theory as Decolonial Critique Africana Political Theory as Decolonial Critique By Derefe Kimarley Chevannes, University of Memphis This article illuminates a fundamental problem at the core of canonical political theory: the racialization of knowledge. It contends that the…
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Africana Political Theory as Decolonial Critique
Africana Political Theory as Decolonial Critique By Derefe Kimarley Chevannes, University of Memphis This article illuminates a fundamental problem at the core of canonical political theory: the racialization of knowledge. It contends that the history of canonical thought as being necessarily Western and, therefore, European American, means the emergence of epistemic racism produces enormous consequences for the practice of philosophical thought—namely, Africana political theory (APT).
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 11/01/2025
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 11/01/2025
New data from Pew finds that 80% of liberal U.S. adults think rich people having too much political influence leads to economic inequality, compared to only 48% of those on the right www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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2. Factors seen as contributing to economic inequality
People around the world see various factors as contributing to economic inequality in their country: Majorities in almost every country surveyed believe
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 11/01/2025
Full-time remote position with the Redistricting Data Hub! Salary range $50,000-$60,000. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Support Specialist Job Description
Support Specialist Job Description Redistricting and Why It Matters Redistricting is the process of redrawing political district boundaries. It used to occur every 10 years, after each decennial US Ce...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 10/01/2025
Another topic that @jerusalem.bsky.social & @draliceevans.bsky.social spoke about was young men feeling that young women are taking away their opportunities because they're better educated. The data on this does not really bear out, I think it's more about the narrative on this rather than reality.
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 10/01/2025
We are hiring a Graduate RA! This person will be working with me on an innovative Youth Research Advisory model with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. See this link for more details and to apply! tufts.app.box.com/file/1746615...
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Graduate Research Assistant - Youth Voice for Equity in Research.pdf | Powered by Box
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 10/01/2025
We will be discussing this important piece by @mcarcasson.bsky.social as a College of Civic Life next week! I am interested to hear what different perspectives will be surfaced. www.nationalcivicleague.org/ncr-article/...
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The Case for Principled Impartiality in a Hyper-Partisan World
For our communities to get back on track and improve their ability to address their shared problems, institutions committed to defending democracy and helping us distinguish between strong and weak ar...
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 08/01/2025
Are there any resources out there about corresponding with someone who is serving time? I have questions like - what are safety precautions to take for myself? What is ok to talk about versus off limits? How do I support them, if I want to?
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 08/01/2025
ugh I hate this chart it is incredibly misleading Trump did gain more youth votes, and youth are much more Republican leaning these days the overall turnout from 2020 to 2024 dropped, and we have no way of knowing that those who did not vote would have voted Democrat
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Sara Suzuki @sara-suzuki.com · 06/01/2025
Check out this event on whether influencers are playing by different rules than journalists and other professional communicators - is the information they share accurate/reliable? pen.org/event/how-in...
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How Influencers Are Changing Our Information Ecosystem - PEN America
Influencers play by different rules than other professional communicators, leading to questions about the reliability of the information they share.
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