short readJan 28, 2021 Turnout soared in 2020 as nearly two-thirds of eligible U.S. voters cast ballots for president Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
short readJan 21, 2021 Nothing lame about this lame duck: 116th Congress had busiest post-election session in recent history No lame-duck session in the nearly 5 decades for which data is available has been as legislatively productive as that of the 116th Congress.
short readJan 15, 2021 A record number of women are serving in the 117th Congress Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
short readJan 13, 2021 Q&A: What we’ve learned about online harassment 79% of Americans think social media companies are doing an only fair to poor job when it comes to addressing online harassment or bullying.
short readDec 11, 2020 Biden’s victory another example of how Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones Looking back at presidential elections since 1828, the winner’s electoral vote share has, on average, been 1.36 times his popular vote share.
short readDec 4, 2020 It’s not just 2020: U.S. presidential elections have long featured close state races Here’s a look back at some of the closest races of elections past and an assessment of just how common such races are.
short readNov 10, 2020 Most mail and provisional ballots got counted in past U.S. elections – but many did not In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted.
short readNov 3, 2020 Amid pandemic, the long decline of in-person voting on Election Day is likely to accelerate this year Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
short readOct 22, 2020 Election night marks the end of one phase of campaign 2020 – and the start of another We developed this explainer to help people understand how, and why, the complex U.S. electoral process is even more so this time around.
short readOct 13, 2020 Mail-in voting became much more common in 2020 primaries as COVID-19 spread Mail-in ballots accounted for just over half of this year’s primary votes cast in the 37 states (plus D.C.) for which data is available.