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US voter registration trends

U.S. voter registration has trended upward since 2020, with shifts in policy landscape and voter composition

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Jan 22, 2026
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Are there more Republican registered voters than Democrat registered voters in the United States?

Multiple national compilations show that, as of the most recent public tallies, there are more than registered Republicans in the , though the gap has narrowed and some survey-based measures of partis...

Feb 1, 2026
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how many illegal votes in georgia in the 2020 presidential election

The available public records and official investigations show only a tiny, documented number of potentially illegal ballots tied to ’s — a handful of cases referred for prosecution (four felons, four ...

Jan 31, 2026
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How has voter registration varied by state in the US since 2020?

Since 2020 at the national level rose alongside record turnout in the , but the story diverges sharply by state: some states reported very high registration rates and gains, others modest increases or...

Jan 20, 2026

how many american vote in elections

In recent presidential elections roughly two-thirds of Americans of voting age cast ballots: about 158 million people in 2020 (roughly 62–66% of the voting-age population depending on the denominator ...

Jan 15, 2026

How did courts and states legally justify election-timing changes during the 2020 pandemic?

States and courts justified election-timing and procedural changes in 2020 by pointing to existing state emergency powers, specific state statutes and regulations governing election administration, an...

Feb 6, 2026

How many Republican senators have switched to the Democratic Party since the 2020 election?

U.S. senators have switched their party affiliation to the since the ; authoritative lists of party changes and contemporary reporting show no instance of a sitting Republican senator crossing to the ...

Feb 5, 2026

What changes to state voter ID and verification laws occurred between 2024 and 2026, and which states recently amended their rules?

Between 2024 and early 2026 a sustained wave of state-level activity tightened and diversified and verification rules: dozens of states enacted or clarified ID procedures, some states amended the kind...

Feb 2, 2026

has Washington State purged their voter rolls since the 2016 election?

has conducted routine voter-list maintenance since the launch of its statewide voter registration database and continues practices that can result in registration cancellations—most notably sending no...

Jan 15, 2026

How do Republican voter registration numbers in 2024 compare to Democratic voter registration numbers?

Nationwide counts that are available show Democrats retained a substantive registration advantage in 2024 among the states that publicly report party affiliation, but that edge narrowed sharply as Rep...

Jan 11, 2026

How did states verify voter eligibility and prevent noncitizen registration in 2024?

States in 2024 relied on a blend of federal law requirements, state-level data-matching, identity checks at registration and at the polls, and selective use of federal databases to verify voter eligib...