Changing Partisan Coalitions in a Politically Divided Nation
Amid shifts in demographics and partisan allegiances, registered voters are now evenly split between the Democratic Party and the GOP.
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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.
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2024 presidential primary season was one of the shortest in the modern political era
Donald Trump’s likely clinching of the GOP nomination came 244 days before Election Day, a day short of John McCain in 2008.
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Representative Democracy Remains a Popular Ideal, but People Around the World Are Critical of How It’s Working
A 24-country survey finds a median of 59% are dissatisfied with how their democracy is functioning, and 74% think elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
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Bipartisan Support for Early In-Person Voting, Voter ID, Election Day National Holiday
47% of Americans favor banning groups from collecting completed ballots to return to official voting centers, while 50% oppose this. The public is also divided over removing people from voter registration lists if they have not voted recently or confirmed their registration, with slightly more opposing this (55%) than supporting it (44%).
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Key facts about Hispanic eligible voters in 2024
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
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Key facts about Black eligible voters in 2024
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
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Key facts about Asian American eligible voters in 2024
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
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What do you know about the U.S. government?
Test your civics knowledge by taking our short 6-question quiz.
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7 facts about Americans’ views of money in politics
72% of U.S. adults say that there should be limits on the amount of money individuals and organizations can spend on political campaigns.
