Professor Charles Stewart III explains why the U.S. electoral system is strong and how MIT research is making the voting process even more seamless.  

Assistant Professor Ariel White is looking to understanding how government, policies, and people affect voting behavior.

Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.

“Electome” project charts the national conversation in unique detail.

A solution for millennials by millennials, votemate takes the frustration out of registering to vote.

Political scientists Charles Stewart III and Devin Caughey weigh in on the 2016 U.S. presidential primaries.

Study finds relationship between U.S. job losses due to trade, and political polarization in Congress.

PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.

In Brazil, auditing voter rolls has shrunk the electorate — to the dismay of incumbents.

PhD student Leah Rosenzweig's electoral insights shed light on reasons for citizen participation in authoritarian and transitional countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.