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.
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Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
Data tables from interviews we conducted with verified voters after the 2016 and 2018 elections may help answer some election 2020 questions.
Around two-thirds of adults in Germany, France and the UK say it is important for their national government to make voting compulsory.
Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
Here’s a look back at some of the closest races of elections past and an assessment of just how common such races are.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
53% of U.S. adults who voted in the general election say they engaged in at least 1 of 6 political activities over the past six months.
Many Americans are heading into the 2020 election with a sense of uncertainty that goes beyond their traditional concerns over who will win.
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