Election 2020

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.

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

Just 21% of Americans say relations between Republicans and Democrats will get better in the coming year; 37% expect relations to worsen.

As election returns rolled in – albeit more slowly than in recent years – Americans were tuning in closely. They also, for the most part, gave their news sources positive marks for the coverage of the returns, though Republicans were less likely to do so than Democrats.

A large majority of Americans say additional COVID-19 aid is needed – and want Congress to pass it as soon as possible.

A 56% majority of voters now say they feel hopeful about the state of the United States, up from 47% in June.

Many who follow polls are asking how these errors could happen. Here, we’ll take a preliminary shot at answering that question.

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.

If one takeaway from the election is historic voter participation, another may be the political polarization that has come to define the U.S.

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