The GOP presidential candidates collectively have raised more than $300 million in this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data. Here's a quick look at where several of those candidates — Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald T... Read more →

Last week we examined how the Democratic presidential campaigns have performed in the context of Barack Obama's 2012 re-election. That analysis grouped Obama's vote share into categories, highlighting how the country's reddest and bluest counties have voted for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sander... Read more →

Note: My family last year relocated to Seoul, where my wife is working as a foreign correspondent for NPR. This post is the first in an occasional series profiling the peninsula’s demographics and politics. When we travel to and from South Korea, we first always check if Expedia will give us a ... Read more →

Among the fascinating aspects of American politics are the various factors — demographic, financial, historical, etc. — that shape the geography of campaigns. This election cycle is no different, with presidential candidates in both parties winning a seemingly random mix of specific counties an... Read more →

When it comes to recent presidential elections, geography — at least in some stubborn places — is destiny. Voters in more than 1,600 American counties — a little more than half of those* in the United States — have consistently selected the same political party in each presidential election sin... Read more →

When it comes to recent presidential elections, geography — at least in some stubborn places — is destiny. Voters in more than 1,600 American counties — a little more than half of those* in the United States — have consistently selected the same political party in each presidential election sin... Read more →

Hillary Clinton's efforts to win over minority voters have paid off significantly in the Democratic primaries. Many of these voters simply aren't feeling the Bern, according to voting results and demographics data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Since January, Clinton and her main rival, Vermont S... Read more →

I've posted before about "majority minority" counties — places where non-Hispanic whites represent less than half the population. They were critical to President Obama's election in 2008, and their numbers continue to grow. The number of "majority minority" counties — now the most in modern U.... Read more →

More than 20 years after his blockbuster murder trial, O.J. Simpson is back in the news — this time after Los Angeles police reportedly found a knife on the grounds of his former estate. [caption id="attachment_1753" align="alignright" width="300"] O.J. Simpson[/caption] According to the Los An... Read more →

"Bernie Baby," a Los Angeles infant who gained attention on social media after his mother dressed him like Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, has died, the Associated Press reports. The apparent cause of death was sudden infant death syndrome, according to a family member. Olive... Read more →