When voting rights are at risk, what threatens and what protects them? E.J. Graff - December 27, 2022 The TMC 2022 roundups: Voting rights
Republicans want to hand-count paper ballots. That’s less accurate. Charles Stewart III / Managing Editor - May 25, 2022 But expect state legislatures to file bills to ban ballot scanners in 2023 and beyond
Biden’s win shows that suburbs are the new swing constituency John Curiel and Charles Stewart III - November 23, 2020 The urban-rural divide is reshaping American politics
Most voters confident their vote will be counted, poll finds. But partisans disagree on election threats. Nathaniel Persily and Charles Stewart III - October 6, 2020 Democrats are more worried about voting in person. Republicans are more worried about voting by mail.
How likely is it that your mail-in ballot won’t get counted? Charles Stewart III - August 24, 2020 It’s riskier than voting in person.
No, voting by mail does not give either party an advantage. Here’s how we know. Jennifer Wu, Jesse Yoder, Daniel M. Thompson, and Andrew B. Hall - April 16, 2020 We examined data from California, Utah and Washington
The Wisconsin primary had extraordinarily high voter turnout Richard H. Pildes and Charles Stewart III - April 15, 2020 We analyzed this two ways. The result was the same: Unexpectedly high rates of voting, despite the chaos.
More voting by mail would make the 2020 election safer for our health. But it comes with risks of its own. Robert M. Stein, Charles Stewart III, and Barry Burden - April 5, 2020 It’s not clear whether “at-home voting” can be ramped up nationwide by November
Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots favor Democrats Charles Stewart III - November 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80200" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A worker loads a ballot into
Surprise: This new index shows that U.S. elections were better run in 2016 than in 2012. Charles Stewart III - August 16, 2018 Here's what improved.
Trump’s controversial election integrity commission is gone. Here’s what comes next. Charles Stewart III - January 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_67813" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump, accompanied by Vice President
Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court’s big gerrymandering case Barry Burden - October 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_35493" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Karen Bleier/Agence France-Presse)[/caption] On Tuesday, the
These were our most widely read posts of 2016 John Sides - December 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50632" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nicole Kirby looks over results during
The Wisconsin recount may have a surprise in store after all Stephen Ansolabehere, Kenneth Mayer, Charles Stewart III, and Barry Burden - December 5, 2016 Thanks to the efforts of Green Party presidential candidate Jill
Hillary Clinton will gain votes after Election Night. Here’s why. Edward Foley and Charles Stewart III - November 8, 2016 Most Americans assume that by the wee hours of tomorrow,
A cyberattack could disrupt Tuesday’s U.S. elections — but wouldn’t change the results Merle King and Charles Stewart III - November 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49060" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Voters wait in line to cast
Donald Trump’s ‘rigged election’ talk is changing minds. Democrats’ minds, that is. Charles Stewart III - October 19, 2016 Donald Trump’s relentless messaging about a “rigged election” is having
Are U.S. elections ‘rigged?’ Here’s how to help voters believe that they’re not. Thad Hall, Michael Alvarez, and Lonna Atkeson - September 28, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46874" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter walks past a sign
Americans have become much less confident that we count votes accurately Paul Gronke, Michael Sances, and Charles Stewart III - August 10, 2016 Donald Trump’s warning that the 2016 election is likely to be
The United States is getting better at running elections Charles Stewart III and Stephen Pettigrew - August 9, 2016 Today marks the release of the latest edition of the
What happened to John Boehner hasn’t happened in a century. No one knows what comes next. Jeffery Jenkins and Charles Stewart III - September 30, 2015 John A. Boehner’s resignation from the House, and thus the
American elections need help. Here's how to make them better. John Sides - January 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5631" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)[/caption] This is
American elections need help. Here’s how to make them better. - January 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5631" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)[/caption] This is
Wait, Nancy Pelosi Voted for *Herself*? John Sides - January 5, 2013 We welcome once more Jeffery A. Jenkins of the University of
On the Votes Against Boehner John Sides - January 4, 2013 This is a guest post by Jeffery A. Jenkins of the University
Could Conservatives Overthrow Boehner? What History Can Tell Us John Sides - December 6, 2012 This is a guest post by Jeffery A. Jenkins of
Iowa Caucus Results: 2012 vs. 2008 Gregory Koger - January 5, 2012 This is a guest post by Charles Stewart III: There