Welcome to the Voting and Elections Collection.
Find top-quality reference narratives and documents on elections, parties, voter behavior, and campaigns. Extract election results by meaningful characteristics: candidate, office, locality, and race type over time. Access U.S. election results across states with great historical depth and accuracy.
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1 2 3 4Elections Data Update
The 2018 primary and general election data publication schedule is now available. Learn more about how we collect and normalize elections data, and when it will be live in the collection.
As Maine Goes, So Goes The Nation?
In an effort to create better consensus around candidate selection, Maine embarked on an experimental approach to voting in its 2018 primaries by using a ranked choice system. In this Election Report elections expert, Rhodes Cook, explains the intricacies of this approach and explores its impacts.
Primaries Show 2018 to be a Year of Gender, Racial Diversity
With the 2018 primary season nearly over, it is clear that the Democrats have won this year’s “battle of the primary ballots.” Big deal one might say, but the aggregate nationwide tally of Democratic and Republican primary votes in recent elections has been a harbinger of the general election to come.
President Trump’s Unusual Approval Scores Enable Him to Play Big Role in 2018 Midterms
One of Donald J. Trump’s greatest successes thus far in his presidency has been to garner virtually unanimous support among Republican voters. It has enabled him to dominate the political scene in spite of an overall job approval rating that has been decidedly mediocre since his inauguration. In this report, voting and elections expert Rhodes Cook explores Trump’s influence on 2017 and 2018 elections.
