Trust in America: Do Americans trust their elections?
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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
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.
If one takeaway from the election is historic voter participation, another may be the political polarization that has come to define the U.S.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
Many who follow polls are asking how these errors could happen. Here, we’ll take a preliminary shot at answering that question.
Voters are more enthusiastic about voting than in any midterm election in over 20 years of Pew Research Center polling. Still, millions of Americans will not exercise their right to vote on Tuesday.
Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.
Despite somewhat better feelings about the economy, Americans’ collective mood is much the same as it was ahead of the last two general elections.
More than half of Americans express a favorable view of their state government.
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