118th Congress has a record number of women
Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
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Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.
Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.
We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.
Turnout in this year’s primaries for Congress and most state governorships surged compared with the last midterms in 2014, particularly among Democrats. Nearly a fifth (19.6%) of registered voters – about 37 million – cast ballots in primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives – a 56% increase over the 23.7 million who voted in 2014’s House primaries. Turnout that year was 13.7% of registered voters.
From Social Security to national parks, a look at long-range trends in federal outlays relative to the U.S. economy
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