Drew DeSilver

No lame-duck session in the nearly 5 decades for which data is available has been as legislatively productive as that of the 116th Congress.

Women make up just over a quarter of all members of the 117th Congress – the highest percentage in U.S. history.

79% of Americans think social media companies are doing an only fair to poor job when it comes to addressing online harassment or bullying.

Looking back at presidential elections since 1828, the winner’s electoral vote share has, on average, been 1.36 times his popular vote share.

Here’s a look back at some of the closest races of elections past and an assessment of just how common such races are.

In the 2016 general election, voters submitted nearly 33.5 million mail ballots, but more than 400,000 (1.2% of the total) weren’t counted.

Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.

We developed this explainer to help people understand how, and why, the complex U.S. electoral process is even more so this time around.

Mail-in ballots accounted for just over half of this year’s primary votes cast in the 37 states (plus D.C.) for which data is available.

Here are five important things to know before the first presidential debate kicks off next month in Cleveland.