More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think
More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
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More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
Donald Trump’s likely clinching of the GOP nomination came 244 days before Election Day, a day short of John McCain in 2008.
65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
A new analysis shows that relatively few people who voted in the 2018 midterms were persuaded to vote for a different party four years later.
72% of U.S. adults say that there should be limits on the amount of money individuals and organizations can spend on political campaigns.
Nearly 107.7 million valid votes were cast in the 2022 House elections, representing about 45.1% of the estimated voting-eligible population.
26% of adults say having more political parties would make it easier to solve problems, while nearly as many (24%) say it would not.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
When comparing turnout among the voting-age population in recent national elections in 50 countries, the U.S. ranks 31st.
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