Voters

New research reports Trump voters were more likely to perform poorly on a test of intellectual ability.

• By Tom Jacobs

Research finds voters in these heavily Republican areas are less likely to support obscure office-seekers with feminine-sounding names.

• By Tom Jacobs

A man casts his ballot for the general elections, on March 7th, 2018, at a polling station in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Local election administrators across the country face new problems and threats. But their budgets for new voting equipment remain inadequate.

• By Kate Rabinowitz

The threat of disease made red states redder.

• By Tom Jacobs

Here’s why this isn’t as good as it seems.

• By Jared Keller

Hispanics are—and will continue to be—significantly underrepresented, open primaries attract more extreme voters, and other lessons from the 14th annual State Politics and Policy Conference.

• By Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

With the way things are currently structured, most voters don’t participate in choosing the candidates that ultimately go on to represent them. But there’s a relatively easy fix.

• By Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

After the last presidential election, wide-eyed pundits hailed a brave new era of political campaigning, crediting Obama's victory to his team's wizardry with data. The hype was premature. Here's what the story of 2012 really means for the future of politics.

• By John Sides & Lynn Vavreck