County-level results from the 2016 U.S. presidential election Color = winner and margin of victory Height = total number of votes (all candidates) Full screen version / See how this map was made Election maps are telling you...
Donald Trump predicted this election would be “Brexit plus plus plus.” He was right. Just 10 days ago, prediction markets showed Trump as a 10-to-1 underdog. His projected odds among election forecasters in the media were even lower… a...
With just one day remaining in the 2016 election cycle, it’s now possible to tally up the last two years of campaign spending reports and get a near-final look at what the Clinton and Trump campaigns have spent. The...
A few months ago, I posted an analysis of how the 2016 presidential campaigns were spending their money, based on disclosures to made the Federal Election Committee. These disclosure reports offer a fascinating glimpse into the strategies of each campaign. However, they...
Click the map to stop and start the animation gif version Looking over the historical results of U.S. presidential elections, I keep coming back to the same conclusion: the political landscape we’ve been living in for the past few decades...
Earlier this month, the Federal Election Commission released the first batch of financial disclosures for the 2016 candidates. As usual, the fundraising figures have received a great deal of scrutiny: How much money did each candidate raise? And where did it come from? This post...