via The Washington Post In a stunning upset, Donald Trump won the presidency early Wednesday morning, as 10 electoral votes...
16 battlegrounds that will decide the election
via Politico There are 200 million registered voters in the United States, and it’s a good bet that more than...
What one swing state can teach us about political polarization in America
via The Washington Post Precincts — which can include a few hundred to a few thousand voters — make it...
After decades of Republican victories, here’s how California became a blue state again
via the LA Times California hasn’t always been a lock for the Democratic presidential nominee. Republicans won the state in...
Hillary Clinton Leads by 7 Points in Pennsylvania Poll
via The New York Times If Donald J. Trump has a path to the presidency with big gains among white...
Latest Upshot Poll Shows Trump With a Lead in Florida
via The New York Times Donald J. Trump has slowly but surely improved his standing in state and national polls...
538: One North Carolina County Shows The Cracks In The GOP’s Defenses
Via FiveThirtyEight.com Gaston County is made up of cities and towns filled with modest homes and businesses. Most of its...
Kottke: How the Cretaceous coastline of North America affects US presidential elections
kottke.org draws attention to a post from Deep Sea News that highlights the connection between the Cretaceous coastline (100 million...
Naples News: Hillsborough: The Florida county that may decide this election
The Naples News takes a deeper look at Hillsborough county Hillsborough County is a model in miniature of the United...
Medium: The Midwest Isn’t Gerrymandered Because “All The Democrats Live In Big Cities”.
Medium brings the latest article on gerrymandering and tackles the geographic clustering component head on. Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin...
USA Today's The Deciders: Clark County, Ohio – Reviving Rust Belt city in Ohio not convinced by Donald Trump's message
USA TODAY takes a close look at blue-collar voters in Clark County, Ohio. Clark is similar to many counties in...
Ad Age: The States Where Clinton and Trump Are Advertising the Most Until Election Day
Advertising Age provides another update on where Clinton and Trump are focusing their advertising budgets and as with previous updates...
Early Voting Update – 10/23/2016
Early voting is underway and nearly 6 million votes have already been cast. via NBCNews.com Washington Post: In several key...
CNN's Critical counties: Jefferson County, Colorado, underscores Trump's rocky chances
CNN calls out Jefferson County, Colorado, home to the populous Denver metro area. If Donald Trump is going to win...
USA Today's The Deciders: Union County, Iowa – If people in any place yearn to be made great again, it’s in rural America
USA TODAY takes a close look at Union County, Iowa to check in on rural voters. While rural voters are...
Pew Research Center: Mapping the Latino Electorate by State and Congressional District
The Pew Research Center has put together interactive maps showing the Latino electorate by state and congressional district. A record...
USA Today's The Deciders: Chester County, Pennsylvania – A suburban tide against Trump could sink his election bid
USA TODAY takes a close look Chester County, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia and home to the type of suburban...
USA Today's The Deciders: Maricopa County, Arizona – In an Arizona county, anger at Trump spurs Latinos to vote
USA TODAY takes a close look Maricopa County, Arizona, home to Phoenix and more than 40% Latino. Perhaps no place...
USA Today's The Deciders: Wayne County, Michigan – Trump, Clinton each face challenges courting African-American vote in Detroit
USA TODAY takes a close look Wayne County, Michigan, home to Detrout and a majority African-American county. Democratic votes by...
CNN’s Critical counties: Vigo, Indiana, knows how to pick ’em
CNN calls out Vigo County, Indiana, which has voted for the presidential winner since 1956. Vigo County, Indiana, is used...
USA Today's The Deciders: Larimer County, Colorado – Here's where fed-up Millennials are thinking about putting their votes
USA TODAY takes a close look Larimer County, Colorado, which is home to Fort Collins and representative of unaffiliated millennials...
CNN's Critical counties: Wake County, NC, could put up a fight
CNN highlights Wake County, North Carolina as fairly representative of the country "in terms of race and ethnicity, but it...
AJC: How Georgia went from blue to red
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has put together a map showing how Georgia's counties have voted for president between 1992 and 2012....
CNN's Critical counties: Watch Allegheny County, PA, in this election
CNN draws attention to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, home to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was a treasure of the industrial age, and as...
538: One Pennsylvania County Sees The Future, And Not Everyone Likes It
FiveThirtyEight has an indepth feature on Berks County, Pennsylvania, which is a majority minority county. By 2044, the U.S. will...
USA Today's The Deciders: Waukesha County, Wisconsin – Ultra-red Wisconsin county struggles with Trump
USA TODAY takes a close look at GOP "base" voters in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee Trump needs...
Brennan Center: New Voting Restrictions in Place for 2016 Presidential Election
The Brennan Center for Justice has documented 14 states with new voting restrictions in place for the 2016 presidential election....
CNN's Critical counties: Genesee, Michigan, and the 2016 election
CNN CNN Editor's Note:Critical Counties is a CNN series exploring 11 counties around the country that chief national correspondent John...
CNN's Critical counties: Cuyahoga County, Ohio, could be Clinton's bright spot
CNN takes a closer look at Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which is home to Cleveland and where Hillary Clinton will need...
538: Watch New Hampshire For Signs Of A Trump Comeback
FiveThirtyEight examines New Hampshire's importance on the electoral map for Hillary Clinton and how it might signal Donald Trump's comeback....
CNN's Critical counties: Prince William, Virginia, a long-term warning to the GOP
CNN takes a look at the Virgina county of Prince William as one that will be key to Hillary Clinton's...
CNN's Critical counties: Stark County, Ohio, is a swing county in a swing state
CNN highlights Stark County, Ohio as place to watch to determine who will win Ohio and the nation. The quintessential...
The Swing States Where Political TV Ad Spending Has Heated Up — and Gone Cold
Advertising Age takes a look at what states saw increases in ad spending in September compared to August. Colorado saw...
Elect Project: Ohio absentee ballot requests are down 2.6% from 2012
Michael McDonald from the ElectProject.org highlights decreases in absentee ballot requests in Ohio, particularly in Democratic counties. Ohio absentee ballot...
6 Million Lost Voters: State-Level Estimates of Felony Disenfranchisement 2016
Sentencing Project.org has released (PDF) state-level estimates of voter disenfranchisement due to felony convictions. Florida, a key 2016 swing state,...
538: Where Clinton Is Setting Up Field Offices — And Where Trump Isn’t
FiveThirtyEight.com has compiled a detailed look at where the presidential campaigns and parties are setting up field offices for organizing...
Washington Post: In battle for the Senate, Democrats now have a narrow edge
The Washington Post provides an update on the 2016 Senate campaigns and give the Democrats a narrow edge to gain...
New York Times: Questions to Consider if Your Trump-Clinton Vote Doesn’t Really Count
The New York Times details disparities in voting power that show how little votes for president in states like California,...
NBC News: Clinton Maintains Ad-Spending Advantage Over Trump
NBC News highlights the TV advertising spending disparity between the Pro-Clinton and Pro-Trump camps. States colored based on campaign spending...
National Review: Why Trump Can Win Pennsylvania
The National Review oulines how a Republican presidential candidate could win Pennsylvania for the first time in 25 years. The...
Foward: How Jewish Vote Could Tip Presidential Election in Crucial Swing States
Forward.com takes a look at how and where the Jewish vote could impact the presidential election. A new study, touted...
538: The Craziest End To The 2016 Campaign Runs Through New Mexico
FiveThirtyEight.com shares an electoral map outcome where no presidential candidate receives the required 270 electoral votes needed to win. There...
Early Voting Map 2016
35% of the votes cast for president in 2012 were cast before election day via early voting, absentee ballot voting...
PBS: Trump campaign has a ground-game problem
PBS highlights the disparity in the number of campaign offices in key states between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and...
Florida 2016 Election Results
Florida is the largest swing state of the 2016 election cycle with 29 electoral votes up for grabs. updated: November...
Ohio 2016 Election Results
Since 1896, the winner of Ohio was elected the next president with only two exceptions (in 1944 and 1960). Ohio's...
North Carolina 2016 Election Results
North Carolina was a reliable Republican state from 1980 to 2004, but is has been considered a swing state since...
Iowa 2016 Election Results
Iowa's 6 electoral votes are up for grabs, although Republican Donald Trump is currently favored. updated: November 8, 2016 Iowa...
Virginia 2016 Election Results
Virginia was once considered a safe Republican state, but after Democrat Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012 it is...
Colorado 2016 Election Results
Colorado's 9 electoral votes are up for grabs. Democrat Hillary Clinton is slightly favored over Republican Donald Trump. updated: November...