Few former presidents have run for their old jobs – or anything else – after leaving office
Donald Trump’s decision to seek the White House again puts him among a small group of ex-presidents who have then run for elective office.
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Donald Trump’s decision to seek the White House again puts him among a small group of ex-presidents who have then run for elective office.
More Americans say it’s very important to vote in elections to be a good member of society than say the same about any other activity in the survey.
The new House will have 80 members who’ve served in the military, or 18.4% of members. That’s up from 75, or 17.2%, in the 117th Congress.
Pew Research Center conducted a study to compare the accuracy of six online surveys of U.S. adults – three from probability-based panels and three from opt-in sources. On average, the absolute error on opt-in samples was about twice that of probability-based panels.
Amid growing discontent with the state of democracy globally, we asked over 30,000 people what changes would make their democracy work better.
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
The 118th Congress achieved a variety of demographic milestones when its members took office, though it still remains out of step with the U.S. population.
National polls like the Center’s come within a few percentage points, on average, of benchmarks from high response rate federal surveys.
The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, while the new Senate’s median age is 65.3 years.
Today, there are more than 18 million living veterans in the United States, representing about 6% of the country’s adult population.
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