MIT Election Data and Science Lab

Why does it take so long to get election results? Well, collecting, verifying, & reporting election results is a daunting set of tasks! Refresh your knowledge of the process with our explainer:

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Attention election data nerds! We have added a second state to our 2024 precinct-level election results data collection: Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain! https://buff.ly/3UZiD9L

IMPORTANT UPDATE for all our election nerd friends, new and old: our 2024 election data collection efforts are officially underway! We've published our first dataset of precinct-level election results: from Delaware, an early certifier. Find it here: https://buff.ly/48Sudcd

Do you have questions about how elections are run in the US? We've got a collection of great explainers that dig into why election administration works the way it does here, and look at the research behind some of those decisions: https://buff.ly/4hF4msA

How many voters in North Carolina chose to cast their vote early or by mail this year, and how did that compare to 2020?

How many Pennsylvanians voted by mail or absentee ballot in 2024, compared to 2020?

In Georgia this year, over 4 million ballots were cast and accepted before Election Day. We took a look at the demographics of Georgia's mail and early voters:

Attention, fellow election geeks! Have you followed our daily posts, and longed for the data behind them? Long no more: we're releasing the data behind the plots, the code we used to collect those data, *and* the code we use to turn those data into plots:

TODAY (Wed, November 6) at 11 am PACIFIC/ 1 PM EASTERN: We have an important post-Election Day session of the Election Science Office Hours webinar/podcast happening! Register now to hear Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project Co-Directors Michael Alvarez (Caltech) and Charles Stewart , III Stewart, III (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT Election Data and Science Lab) discuss yesterday's events - and what's next. Election Science Office Hours, hosted by The Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) Co-Director Michael Alvarez, is part of the 2024 Caltech Election Integrity Project, from the LCSSP.