reportMar 13, 2024 What Can Improve Democracy? Amid growing discontent with the state of democracy globally, we asked over 30,000 people what changes would make their democracy work better.
short readsOct 13, 2020 White Christians continue to favor Trump over Biden, but support has slipped President Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three traditions has slipped since August.
short readsNov 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.
reportSep 30, 2021 Charting Congress on Social Media in the 2016 and 2020 Elections The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.
short readsApr 6, 2020 Older people account for large shares of poll workers and voters in U.S. general elections Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
short readsMay 18, 2021 Many Western Europeans think mandatory voting is important, but Americans are split Around two-thirds of adults in Germany, France and the UK say it is important for their national government to make voting compulsory.
reportDec 15, 2020 Most Republicans Approve of Trump’s Post-election Messaging, but About a Third Say It Has Been Wrong Partisans differ on whether social media companies’ decisions had a major impact on the election.
short readsApr 14, 2020 Fast facts about South Koreans’ views of democracy as legislative election nears South Koreans are headed to the polls April 15 as the COVID-19 pandemic continues; 300 seats in the country’s legislative body are at stake.
short readsOct 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 readsOct 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.