short readDec 14, 2020 Key findings about voter engagement in the 2020 election 53% of U.S. adults who voted in the general election say they engaged in at least 1 of 6 political activities over the past six months.
short readDec 11, 2020 Bidenโs victory another example of how Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones Looking back at presidential elections since 1828, the winnerโs electoral vote share has, on average, been 1.36 times his popular vote share.
short readDec 4, 2020 Itโs not just 2020: U.S. presidential elections have long featured close state races Hereโs a look back at some of the closest races of elections past and an assessment of just how common such races are.
reportNov 20, 2020 Sharp Divisions on Vote Counts, as Biden Gets High Marks for His Post-Election Conduct A large majority of Americans say additional COVID-19 aid is needed โ and want Congress to pass it as soon as possible.
short readNov 20, 2020 Most voters are โfearfulโ and โangryโ about the state of the U.S., but a majority now are โhopeful,โ too A 56% majority of voters now say they feel hopeful about the state of the United States, up from 47% in June.
short readNov 10, 2020 Most mail and provisional ballots got counted in past U.S. elections โ but many did not In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) werenโt counted.
short readNov 3, 2020 Amid pandemic, the long decline of in-person voting on Election Day is likely to accelerate this year Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
short readOct 30, 2020 From voter registration to mail-in ballots, how do countries around the world run their elections? Ahead of the 2020 U.S. election, hereโs a look at how elections are run in the United States and other countries around the world.
short readOct 30, 2020 A voter data resource: Detailed demographic tables about verified voters in 2016, 2018 Data tables from interviews we conducted with verified voters after the 2016 and 2018 elections may help answer some election 2020 questions.
short readOct 29, 2020 What we can trust 2020 election polls to tell us Polls can’t predict the future. But they are the best tool to reveal the publicโs priorities and values, and why people vote the way they do.