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4,871 is the number of local governments in Pennsylvania, one of the most complex systems in the nation.

WHAT’S INSIDE

9 Civic Health Findings

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20 Information, Education and Deliberation

22 Conclusion and Recommendations

25 Endnotes

26 State and Local Partners

27 Civic Health Indicators Working Group

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PA Group Participation by Gender, 2010

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34.5 The difference in percentage points between Pennsylvanians with a college degree who participated in groups (51.8%) and those with less than a high school diploma (17.3%).


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62.4%Pennsylvania has lagged behind the rest of the nation’s voter turnout rate in most of the last ten presidential elections. In 2008, the turnout rate in Pennsylvania was 62.4%.

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In Pennsylvania, African Americans were the most politically engaged racial or ethnic group, with 64.0% reporting at least one political action versus 58.0% of Whites and 23.3% of Latinos.

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Justin Bibb@."+*$9#M00*0/$(/#:-%#O&=+$/*-(#$(&##O+-(-)*+#Q"8"9-.)"(/#:-%#/5"#B-=(/'#OC"+=/*8",#B='$5-4$#B-=(/',#P5*-

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John BridgelandBOP,#B*8*+#O(/"%.%*0"0B5$*%)$(,#`-$%&#-:#M&8*0-%0,#A$/*-($9#,)*-%.%*/%#)*#,("(0%*1$(2M).:%.#!11(1"'*"#")#"$%#F.%1(<%*"#)-#"$%#?(*/"&#@/$/"0#^#Q*%"+/-%,#Q-)"0/*+#T-9*+'#B-=(+*9#^#?@M#L%""&-)#B-%.0

Nelda BrownOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#A$/*-($9#@"%8*+"F#E"$%(*(4#T$%/("%05*.#$/#/5"#M+$&")'#:-%#O&=+$/*-($9#Q"8"9-.)"(/

Kristen CambellB5*":#T%-4%$)#P:1+"%,#A$/*-($9##,)*-%.%*/%#)*#,("(0%*1$(2

Doug DobsonOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#L9-%*&$#X-*(/#B"(/"%##-).#,("(0%*1$(2

David EisnerT%"0*&"(/#$(&#BOP,#A$/*-($9##,)*1"("="()*#,%*"%.

Maya Enista SmithBOP,#Y->*9*7";-%4

William Galston@"(*-%#L"99-2,#`%--3*(40#U(0/*/=/*-(#L-%)"%#Q".=/'#M00*0/$(/#/-#/5"#T%"0*&"(/##-:#/5"#?(*/"&#@/$/"0#:-%#Q-)"0/*+#T-9*+'

Stephen GoldsmithL-%)"%#Q".=/'#Y$'-%#-:#A"2#_-%3#B*/'Q$(*"9#T$=9#T%-:"00-%#-:#\-8"%()"(/,##]"(("&'#@+5--9#-:#\-8"%()"(/#$/##Z$%8$%&#?(*8"%0*/'Q*%"+/-%,#U((-8$/*-(0#*(#M)"%*+$(##\-8"%()"(/M).:%.#D'9).#)-#C*<('*'2)+(1

Robert Grimm, Jr.F.)-%11).#)-#"$%#F.'/"(/%#)-#F$(+'*"$.)29#$(&#A-(.%-1/#Y$($4")"(/,#?(*8"%0*/'##)-#D'.9+'*<

Lloyd Johnston["0"$%+5#T%-:"00-%#$(&#Q*0/*(4=*05"&#["0"$%+5#@+*"(/*0/#$/#/5"#?(*8"%0*/'#-:#Y*+5*4$(60#U(0/*/=/"#:-%#@-+*$9#["0"$%+5T%*(+*.$9#U(8"0/*4$/-%#-:#/5"#Y-(*/-%*(4##/5"#L=/=%"#@/=&'#

Kei Kawashima-GinsbergE"$&#["0"$%+5"%,#B"(/"%#:-%#U(:-%)$B/*-(#$(&#["0"$%+5#-(#B*8*+#E"$%(*(4#$(&#O(4$4")"(/#RBU[BEOS#$/#/5"#X-($/5$(#Y;#<*0+5#B-99"4"#-:#B*/*7"(05*.#$(&#T=>9*+#@"%8*+"#$/#<=:/0#?(*8"%0*/'#

Peter LevineQ*%"+/-%,#B"(/"%#:-%#U(:-%)$/*-(#$(&##["0"$%+5#-(#B*8*+#E"$%(*(4#$(&##O(4$4")"(/#RBU[BEOS#$/#/5"#X-($/5$(#Y;#<*0+5#B-99"4"#-:#B*/*7"(05*.#$(&#T=>9*+#@"%8*+"#$/#<=:/0#?(*8"%0*/'#

Mark Hugo LopezM00-+*$/"#Q*%"+/-%#-:#/5"##F%6#E(12'*(/#,%*"%.["0"$%+5#T%-:"00-%,#?(*8"%0*/'#-:##Y$%'9$(&60#@+5--9#-:#T=>9*+#M::$*%0#

Sean Parker,)BM)=*<%.#'*<#,$'(.:'*#)-#,'=1%1#)*#L$+">--3fY'@.$+"L-=(&*(4#T%"0*&"(/#-:#L$+">--3#

Kenneth PrewittL-%)"%#Q*%"+/-%#-:#/5"#?(*/"&#@/$/"0##B"(0=0#`=%"$=B$%("4*"#T%-:"00-%#-:#T=>9*+#M::$*%0#$(&##/5"#e*+"FT%"0*&"(/#:-%#\9->$9#B"(/"%0#$/#B-9=)>*$#?(*8"%0*/'

Robert PutnamF%"%.#'*<#C1'7%+#D'+;(*#F.)-%11).#)-#F=7+(/#T-9*+',#]"(("&'#@+5--9#-:#\-8"%()"(/#$/#Z$%8$%&#?(*8"%0*/'L-=(&"%,#@$4=$%-#@")*($%!="$).#)-#L%O1)+,'D1%+#E'23#';%1104*#'0+$'(#@)@01'%7'D&#")80+';%&&6+)5?#

Thomas SanderOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#/5"#@$4=$%-#@")*($%,#Z$%8$%&#?(*8"%0*/'

David B. SmithOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#A$/*-($9#B-(:"%"(+"#-(#,("(0%*1$(2L-=(&"%,#Y->*9*7";-%4#

Heather SmithOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#[-+3#/5"#e-/"#

Max StierOC"+=/*8"#Q*%"+/-%,#T$%/("%05*.#:-%##T=>9*+#@"%8*+"

Michael Weiser,$'(.:'*5#&'"()*'+#,)*-%.%*/%##)*#,("(0%*1$(2#

Jonathan Zaffe*+"#T%"0*&"(/#:-%#["0"$%+5,##!:%.(/'?1#F.):(1%#!++('*/%

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