Election 2016

Despite double-digit decreases in U.S. violent and property crime rates since 2008, most voters say crime has gotten worse during that span.

While a growing number of LGBT politicians have been elected to public office and attitudes toward the LGBT community have become much more favorable over the past decade, survey data suggest that being gay or lesbian remains an obstacle for candidates running for president.

The results of the 2016 presidential election came as a surprise to nearly everyone who had been following the national and state election polling

In Florida, Cubans were about twice as likely as non-Cuban Latinos to vote for Donald Trump.

There is a great deal of speculation but no clear answers as to the cause of the disconnect, but there is one point of agreement: Across the board, polls underestimated Trump's level of support.

Donald Trump's win followed a campaign that revealed deep divisions that were as wide and in some cases wider than in previous elections.

The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.

The great majority of Americans who vote on Election Day will use one of two basic technologies: "fill-in-the-bubble" and other optical-scan ballots, or touch-screen computers and other direct recording electronic systems.

As Election Day unfolds, look through five charts that highlight how politically polarized the nation has become.