Election System & Voting Process

An 85% majority of Democrats say everything possible should be done to make voting easy; 28% of Republicans say this.

Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump.

68% of the public does not want Donald Trump to remain a major political figure in the future.

Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.

In studying voters' views of election fraud, we found these views varied by whether people got their news from the Trump campaign.

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.

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

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.