U.S. Elections & Voters

One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.

When comparing turnout among the voting-age population in recent national elections in 50 countries, the U.S. ranks 31st.

With Election Day approaching, here’s a closer look at voter attitudes on violent crime and an analysis of the nation’s violent crime rate.

There has been a sharp decline in the share of Republican voters who are “very confident” that votes cast at polling places will be counted accurately.

The economy is clearly the top issue for voters; fully 79% say it will be very important to their voting decisions – the highest share among 18 issues included on the survey. The public continues to take a dim view of current economic conditions. Just 17% of U.S. adults say the economy is in excellent or good shape, little changed from the 13% who said this in July.

21% of the roughly 1,000 candidates for U.S. Senate, House or state governor on the fall ballot claim some degree of military experience.

The number of Black eligible voters in the U.S. has grown modestly in recent years and is projected to reach 32.7 million in November 2022.

Latinos are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the last midterm elections.

The number of Asian American eligible voters has grown by 9%, or just about a million eligible voters, in the past four years.

Abortion has risen as an election issue for Latinos, with a majority saying it should be legal in all or most cases. Meanwhile, 80% say the economy is a very important issue when deciding who to vote for in the upcoming congressional midterm elections, a greater share than any other issue.