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Study: 60 percent of rural millennials lack access to a political life

  • Written by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
imageA rural highway in Ottumwa, Iowa on Jan. 27, 2017.AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Like older voters, young ones were divided by the 2016 presidential election.

A recent study of millennial voters by Tufts University found that young people had starkly different opinions about politics and civic institutions based on race, gender and social class.

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