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Elections Data Update

Our dedicated editorial team has spent many months gathering, cleaning, and updating certified elections data as the states have released their official results. We're pleased to announce that all 2018 primary and general elections data is now available and live in the collection! Interested to see the outcomes in your area?

Early Pre-Primary Polls in Recent Elections

There are many in the political community who believe that any presidential primary polling at this point of the nominating process is virtually meaningless. With more than six months to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa, it is way too early to conduct significant polling, they say, because the results simply accent the standing of those candidates with high name recognition. Yet over the last dozen years, pre-primary polls taken during July of the pre-election year have been highly prescient.

Time for a Generational Change in the White House?

Every 30 years or so of late, there has been a generational change in the White House. In 1960, the election of John F. Kennedy ushered into the presidency members of the “greatest generation”—raised during the Depression and combatants during World War II. In 1992, the election of Bill Clinton flipped the White House to the “baby boom” generation–steeped in the Great Society, urban race riots, and the war in Vietnam. Now, by the calendar, it appears that it is time for a new generation to take the helm.

Record Midterm Turnout Fuels Democratic Surge

The 2018 midterm elections will be remembered for a number of things. They produced a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, the first time the party has won House control in a decade, as well as a slew of Democratic pickups in governorships and state legislative seats. Republicans managed to hold onto the Senate—all of this constituting the first voter feedback to the tempestuous personality and controversial presidency of Donald Trump. In this Election Report, voting and elections expert Rhodes Cook analyzes voter turnout in the 2018 midterms in response to the changing consciousness of the nation.

Election Maps 1824-2016