Voting in some races, but not all, is called "undervoting." But in every single state, the ballot counts regardless. In other ...

Despite what pundits say, the 2024 U.S. election is not unique. It’s all part of a bigger pattern. So instead of taking the ...

Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day in Nevada and throughout the U.S., with Washoe County voting locations set to open at 7 a.m. and continue through 7 p.m. Anyone in line by 7 p.m. will be able to vote.

Some amount of polling error is normal. Both of these outcomes — and everything in between — are very much on the table next week. But are these scenarios actually likely, or ...

It is the concept of random selection that allows a relatively small group of survey participants to represent the country as ...

Their increasing political reliability, bucking long-held perceptions, has been a clear priority for both parties in the ...

If you look at Katrina, Hurricane Michael, it appears that this mattered. In other words, voting was down after those ...

Here at 538, we think a big part of our jobs during election season is to explore and explain how much trust you should put ...

Because the US straddles multiple time zones, there is no grand moment when the result of a nationwide exit poll is announced. But, says Jon Sopel, TV networks will ‘call’ a state for the Democrats or ...

In the final days before the 2020 presidential election, polls generally pointed to a clear victory for now-President Joe Biden. But when the votes were counted, it turned out the polls had ...