Election 2020

A new analysis of 2020 validated voters examines change and continuity in the electorate, both of which contributed to Joe Biden’s victory. It looks at how new voters and voters who turned out in either 2016, 2018 or both voted in the 2020 presidential election, and offers a detailed portrait of the demographic composition of the 2020 electorate.

During the first 60 days of the new administration, roughly half of stories about the Biden administration mentioned Donald Trump in some way.

The share of Americans viewing illegal immigration as a ‘very big’ problem has increased.

Looking at final estimates of the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential race, 93% of national polls overstated the Democratic candidate’s support among voters, while nearly as many (88%) did so in 2016.

Polling organizations have taken close looks at how election surveys are designed, administered and analyzed. We are no exception.

Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say prosecuting those who broke in on Jan. 6 is very important and that penalties for them will likely be less severe than they should be.

Given the errors in 2016 and 2020 election polling, how much should we trust polls that attempt to measure opinions on issues?

Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.

White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.

Americans voted in record numbers in last year’s presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.