U.S. Elections & Voters

Two years ago, Pew Research Center found that Republicans and Democrats were more divided along ideological lines than at any point in the previous two decades. But growing ideological distance is not confined to partisanship. There are also growing ideological divisions along educational and generational lines.

In 11 of the 18 conventions since the Civil War that went more than one ballot, the first-ballot leader ended up losing the nomination to someone else.

This change comes after a period in which net migration of Mexicans to the U.S. had fallen to lows not seen since the 1940s.

Just 35% of voters say that the primaries have been a good way of determining the best- qualified nominees.

White evangelical Republicans who attend church regularly are most heavily concentrated in the Ted Cruz camp.

Roughly half of Ted Cruz’s and John Kasich’s supporters say that Trump would make a “poor” or “terrible” president.

The 2016 presidential campaign has exposed deep disagreements between – and within – the two parties on a range of major policy issues.

Although Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, more Americans say they favor (46%) than oppose (30%) Garland’s confirmation to the high court. About a quarter (24%) offer no opinion.

As Donald Trump has racked up big wins among self-described "born-again or evangelical" Christians in many of the early primaries, some religious leaders, political analysts and researchers have questioned whether many of these self-described evangelicals actually are evangelical Christians.

Both major U.S. political parties have a long history of splits, splinters and other schisms.