These former Obama strongholds sealed the election for Trump
via The Washington Post Donald Trump delivered on his promise to flip the Democrats’ electoral hold on the industrial Midwest.…
Two swing states show why Clinton lost
via The Washington Post In a stunning upset, Donald Trump won the presidency early Wednesday morning, as 10 electoral votes…
2016 Electoral Map and Presidential Election Results: Republican Donald Trump Wins
Republican Donald J. Trump is elected the 45th US President. Candidate Electoral Votes* Popular Vote** (% ) Donald Trump (Republican)…
2016 Senate Map
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2016 House of Representatives Map
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From Pot to Guns, State Ballot Initiatives Are Bellwether of National Mood
via NBC News As California voters head to the polls they’ll face a slate of 17 initiatives ranging from the…
2016 Election Results: Viewing Guides, Live Blogs and Results
Viewing Guides: Politico: How to watch Election Day like a pro 538: An Hour-By-Hour Guide To Election Night CNN: 7…
These 127 counties could point to the election winner tonight
via The Washington Post Of the 10 states to swing between parties in the past four elections, five states have…
Google Trends: Searching for issues around voting on Nov 8th
via Google News Lab Tomorrow, as Americans go to the polls, more than 650 journalism students, 450 journalists, 250 media…
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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…
2016 Electoral Map Predictions: 1 day to the election
The 2016 Presidential election is just 1 day away and nearly all poll watchers and trackers show that Clinton should…
These are the 18 state legislative chambers to watch that could change hands in 2016
via Daily Kos America’s historic presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has rightly dominated the headlines, but voters…
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…
How Large Is the Divide Between Red and Blue America?
via The New York Times As of 2012, the divide was pretty wide. Half of all voters were living in…
Gender inequality goes right to the top
Via Economist NEXT week, America could elect its first female president. Around the world, women rarely get the top job.…
2016 Poll Closing Times and 2012 AP Call Times Map
Nov. 8, 2016 poll closings times map via DailyKos Note that all times on the above map are Eastern, not…
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…
Clinton and Trump: Who leads in Google Searches
If Google searches were votes, then Donald Trump would be on his way to becoming the new president. more from…
Election maps are telling you big lies about small things
via Washington Post In 2012, about the same number of votes were cast in these 160 counties as were cast…
The path to victory is right here in this map
via CNN With Election Day on the horizon, the candidates and their top surrogates are logging thousands of sky miles…
Places Most Unsettled by Rapid Demographic Change Are Drawn to Donald Trump
via The Wall Street Journal Small towns in the Midwest have diversified more quickly than almost any part of the…
2016 Electoral Map Predictions: 7 days to the election
The 2016 Presidential election is just 15 days away and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is currently the favorite over Republican…
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…
Nearly 1,000 Healthcare.gov counties will have just one insurer next year
via Vox Obamacare’s marketplaces aren’t just struggling with higher premiums — they’ll also have significantly less competition next year. The…
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…
The Impact of Obamacare, in Four Maps
via The New York Times The share of people without health insurance keeps falling. Since 2013, when the major provisions…
Donald Trump has a path to victory again thanks to Florida
via Washington Post There’s been some movement toward Donald Trump in both national and swing state polling over the past…
State-by-State Map: How the Clinton and Trump Camps Spent $595 Million on TV, Radio Ads
Via Advertising Age Mr. Trump had a change of heart starting around August — and there’s been a lot of…
An Historical Rarity: A Four-Party Presidential Election
Via Larry J. Sabato’s Crystal Ball Third parties, such as Ralph Nader’s Green Party candidacy in 2000, tend to affect…
Cook Political Report: Democrats Poised to Pick Up 10-20 House Seats
Via Cook Political Report Less than two weeks from Election Day, Democrats are on track to pick up between 10…
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…
SurveyMonkey’s interactive map: Who is winning the 2016 presidential election?
SurveyMonkey has launched an interactive map. The map can be filtered to show various voter screens: Likely voters Registered voters…
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…
Vox: The bad map we see every presidential election
Vox put together a video showing the downsides of the traditional geographically accurate electoral map.
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…
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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…
2016 Electoral Map Predictions: 15 days to the election
The 2016 Presidential election is just 15 days away and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is currently the favorite over Republican…
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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…
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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…
The New Blue and Red: Educational Split Is Replacing the Culture War
The New York Times takes a look at the educational divide between Democratic and Republican voters, which shows an opportunity…
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…
Washington Post: Everything you ever wanted to know about the U.S. foreign assistance budget
The Washington Post dives into the $42 billion dollars budgeted for foreign assistance in 2017. we have laid out where…
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…