Election 2020: Demographic Information

In election years, the Current Population Survey collects data on reported voting and registration, and later reports stats by turnout, age, race and origin.

My Congressional District gives you quick and easy access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey (ACS) and County Business Patterns (CBP). The ACS provides detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing statistics every year for the nation's communities. CBP provides annual statistics for businesses with paid employees at a detailed geography and industry level. My Congressional District is powered by ACS and CBP data through the Census Application Programming Interface (API). - See more at: https://www.census.gov/mycd/application/#sthash.Su3DrcNd.dpuf

The complete time series of national presidential and midterm general election turnout rates from 1787-present.

Robust voter turnout is fundamental to a healthy democracy. As low turnout is usually attributed to political disengagement and the belief that voting for one candidate/party or another will do little to alter public policy, "established" democracies tend have higher turnout than other counties. However, voter turnout in the U.S. is much lower than most established democracies. In this section we present research on voter turnout in the United States and the steps we might take to increase voter turnout.

The Current Population Survey collects data on voting and voter registration in November of even-numbered years, and has done so since 1964. It provides information about voting and registration by many characteristics, including age, sex, race, and education. Because the data are from a survey, they are subject to sampling error. This report highlights elections held between 1996 and 2014 for the United States and focuses on the voting aged citizen population.

The biennial election for representatives from all 435 Congressional Districts will take place on November 8, 2016. Winners will be sworn in to serve in the 115th Congress in early January, 2017. The Republican Party currently controls the U.S. House, with 246 seats, 28 more than the 218 needed for control (when there are no vacancies).

Choose from a number of links on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website

The Census Bureau collects health insurance data using three national surveys: the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The CPS ASEC collects health insurance data on an annual basis at the national and state level geographies. The ACS collects data on an annual basis for the nation, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district and all counties, places and metropolitan areas with populations of 65,000 or more. The SIPP collects longitudinal health insurance data at the national level of geography

Nonpartisan analysis for the U.S. Congress

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