What we can trust 2020 election polls to tell us
Polls can’t predict the future. But they are the best tool to reveal the public’s priorities and values, and why people vote the way they do.
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Polls can’t predict the future. But they are the best tool to reveal the public’s priorities and values, and why people vote the way they do.
The complexity of the overall system, varying rules on how and when you can vote, and whether the candidate you support wins or loses all impact trust in the election process.
Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
We developed this explainer to help people understand how, and why, the complex U.S. electoral process is even more so this time around.
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.
In 1965, America’s verdict on Selma was clear: Polling showed the public clearly siding with the demonstrators, not with the state of Alabama.
After months of campaigning, debating, polling and fundraising, Democratic presidential candidates face their first real-world test Feb. 3.
Nearly seven-in-ten registered voters say postponing state primary elections has been a necessary step to address the coronavirus outbreak.
Ahead of the 2020 U.S. election, here’s a look at how elections are run in the United States and other countries around the world.
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