Drew DeSilver

In last year's elections, winners won by at least 10 points in all but 62 of the 435 House districts.

A mapping tool from Measure of America lets users easily access a trove of health, education and economic data about each state.

Twitter's large and continuing losses distinguish it from other recent high-profile technology IPOs.

The state of the U.S. recovery, in one chart.

More people look for dates online than for home furnishings, health and personal-care items and several other types of consumer goods.

Nearly half of Chinese say air pollution is a "very big" problem in their country.

More than half of House Republicans who wanted to use the appropriations process to de-fund the Affordable Care Act are from the South.

For both individuals and nations, greater literacy is linked to greater income.

Three-in-ten adult social media users have set up at least one of their accounts to automatically "tag" their posts with their current location.

ADP's monthly report on nonfarm private-sector payrolls is a reasonable alternative to the Bureau of Labor Statistics during the government shutdown.