Drew DeSilver

Over the next decade or two, the spread of robotics and machine intelligence likely will affect millions of U.S. workers in jobs long thought to be relatively immune to computerization.

Big cities in the U.S. tend toward the liberal side of the political spectrum, even when they’re within conservative states (residents of Austin sometimes joke that their city is “an island surrounded by Texas”). But which cities are more liberal — or conservative — than their reputations?

Technological change already has reshaped the U.S. workforce -- creating new job categories while others fade away.

This interactive chart makes comparing occupational employment and pay across states not only easy but fun.

Midway through its second and final year, the 113th Congress remains one of the least legislatively productive in recent history.

While online survey panels have long been used by market researchers, they’re relatively new in the opinion-research field, and views on them are sharply divided.

States that were hit the hardest by the Great Recession experienced the biggest birthrate declines.

Voter turnout, no matter how measured, is consistently lower in midterm elections compared to presidential election years. Political scientists aren't sure why, but have some ideas.

A new Census Bureau data visualization depicts the relationships between undergraduate majors and types of occupations.

Among U.S. adults, different age cohorts have markedly different political profiles, but the relationship is considerably more complex than young people leaning liberal and older people being more conservative.