Sara Suzuki
@sara-suzuki.com
https://sara-suzuki.com
Senior Researcher @ CIRCLE, Tufts University
Building a more just democracy through co-creating knowledge and power with young people
{ civic engagement, critical consciousness, youth vote, QuantCrit, movement building }
Senior Researcher @ CIRCLE, Tufts University
Building a more just democracy through co-creating knowledge and power with young people
{ civic engagement, critical consciousness, youth vote, QuantCrit, movement building }
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Sara Suzuki
@sara-suzuki.com
· Apr 8
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.
protectdemocracy.org
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...
protectdemocracy.org/work/how-doe...
‼️ Young voters powered Mamdani to victory and TURNED OUT in Virginia and New Jersey!
Full analysis here: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
Full analysis here: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
‼️ Young voters powered Mamdani to victory and TURNED OUT in Virginia and New Jersey!
Full analysis here: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
Full analysis here: circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea...
Wow the Census's data tables and MDAT tool are both not loading right now because of the shutdown...
October 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Wow the Census's data tables and MDAT tool are both not loading right now because of the shutdown...
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
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.
New data suggests that Donald Trump would have done even better in 2024 with higher voter turnout. Here's what Pew research released Thursday shows. nyti.ms/44xQsDQ
June 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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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🧵 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...
The solution? Remove the barriers. Empower voters.
Read our new report with @scsjofficial.bsky.social: demos.nyc/nc-missing-v...
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.
demos.nyc
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🧵 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...
The solution? Remove the barriers. Empower voters.
Read our new report with @scsjofficial.bsky.social: demos.nyc/nc-missing-v...
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My latest piece @prri.org , which helps explain how our politics have become so gendered. open.substack.com/pub/prri/p/o...
Our Increasingly Gendered Politics
Unpacking the political dynamics behind conservatives' commitment to gendered hierarchies
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My latest piece @prri.org , which helps explain how our politics have become so gendered. open.substack.com/pub/prri/p/o...
“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.”
"The best available evidence suggests that the youth-vote shift in 2024 was more a one-off event than an ideological realignment," Jean M. Twenge writes:
The Myth of the Gen Z Red Wave
The best available evidence suggests that the youth-vote shift in 2024 was more a one-off event than an ideological realignment.
bit.ly
June 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“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.”
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.
New data suggests that Donald Trump would have done even better in 2024 with higher voter turnout. Here's what Pew research released Thursday shows. nyti.ms/44xQsDQ
June 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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.
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...
protectdemocracy.org/work/how-doe...
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.
protectdemocracy.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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...
protectdemocracy.org/work/how-doe...
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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...
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.
slate.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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...
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.
Already back then, it was clear to us how important it was to dispel myths and generalizations about young people's relationship to democracy.
RSVP Today - Hear from youth civic leaders, researchers, and pro-democracy advocates about new findings into how young Americans see their role in shaping the future plus how to strengthen their participation in our democratic processes. protdem.org/RegisterVoic...
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
Already back then, it was clear to us how important it was to dispel myths and generalizations about young people's relationship to democracy.
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?
March 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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?
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...
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...
March 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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...
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...
Interactive Black History map blackhistory.kinkofa.com/explore
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.
blackhistory.kinkofa.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Interactive Black History map blackhistory.kinkofa.com/explore
"...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...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How Democracy Can Win
The right way to counter autocracy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"...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...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Very insightful article.
“Worn down by harassment and threats, many of Trump’s critics will be tempted to retreat to the sidelines. Such a retreat would be perilous. When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.”
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Very insightful article.
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
“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.
How Democracy Can Win
The right way to counter autocracy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“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.
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...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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...
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
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...
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...
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.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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...
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...
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.
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/...
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
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?
www.csmonitor.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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.
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
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/...
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
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?
www.csmonitor.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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/...
www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
"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...
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"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...
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
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...
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.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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...
Reposted by Sara Suzuki
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