U.S. Elections

Election Day in the U.S. will give voters the chance to select local as well as national officials and perhaps weigh in on issues that affect their lives.

Learn about the U.S. suffrage movement and the women depicted in a sculpture on display in the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Political polls provide a snapshot of how the electorate might vote at a particular moment in time. Learn the basics of polling.

Voters in states across the U.S. choose their candidate for presidential nominee in several different ways. Learn about U.S. presidential primaries.

In four graphics, we take a look at the 116th Congress, including the historic number of women, as well as a bit about their backgrounds.

Among the winners in the 2018 election are the first female Native American representatives to Congress. See some of the other history makers elected to office.

See how the midterm elections of 2018 affected the two major parties' control in Congress and the gains women made in representation in Congress.

Learn why U.S. national elections are held on Tuesdays in November, and why that's unlikely to change — even though some people think it should.

Although Americans won't elect a president in the 2018 midterm elections, their choices will have a big effect on the country's direction.