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8. ● 94% of Parents say libraries are important for
their children. 79% say “very important”. 2
● 58% of Americans have a library card. 3
● 62% of card holders have visited the library in
the last year at least once.4
2. Pew, May 2013
3 and 4. Harris Interactive | ALA, January 2011

9. Nationwide, of all voters:
37% will Definitely vote yes for the library
37% will Probably vote yes for the library
26% will Probably or Definitely vote no

14. You

25. —it is necessary to begin where
the world is if we are going to
change it to what we think it
should be. That means working in
the system.” (Alinsky, 1971)