Drew DeSilver

Only 21 of the nearly 2,400 people who have served as a state governor since U.S. independence have resigned under pressure.

The 117th Congress’ total legislative output stands at 36 laws – only 30 of which count, by our criteria, as substantive legislation.

Renters headed 36% of U.S. households in 2019. Young people, racial and ethnic minorities, and those with lower incomes are more likely to rent.

We identified 261 U.S. jurisdictions that have adopted some voting method other than the winner-take-all system most American voters know.

Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.

A small but significant share of car owners in the U.S. have traded filling up for plugging in, and many more are thinking of joining them.

Putting minimum wage policy in the hands of lawmakers is one of several ways in which the U.S. approach stands apart from other countries.

We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.

Polling organizations have taken close looks at how election surveys are designed, administered and analyzed. We are no exception.

Union membership has had a somewhat unexpected – but likely temporary – turnaround amid the coronavirus pandemic.