Even controlling for race and income, the concentration of college degrees was the strongest indicator of whether a county would back the Republican.
Millions of mail-in and absentee ballots haven’t been counted yet. They won’t change anything, though.
Donald Trump's victory caught mainstream news outlets off guard. Were reporters too insulated to see his growing support?
We built a fake web toaster, and it was compromised in an hour.
Trump supporters are convinced Democrats are using “oversampling” to stuff the polls in Hillary Clinton’s favor. But they’re just wrong about statistics.
A game-theory expert explains the strategy lawmakers appear to be employing in walking back their support—and then backing Donald Trump yet again.
To date, the former secretary of state has refused to release transcripts of paid speeches she made to banks and other businesses. Wikileaks might have just done that for her.
Fact checking the candidate's presumptuous statements about the lives of black Americans
The Atlantic analyzed the frequency and content of Trump’s late-night tweets, and found that the Republican presidential nominee indulges in late-night tweeting after moments of stress or triumph.
The Republican candidate is far more popular than Hillary Clinton among people who still live where they grew up.
A post-debate bounce materializes for Hillary Clinton in the latest survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, but Trump remains competitive.
Online gamblers correctly predicted that Lester Holt would bring up Donald Trump’s “birther” record. So why aren’t they getting any money?
They were given the same 120 minutes. But each network presented them its own way.
The amount spent on the 2016 election is almost impossible to comprehend. But it pales in comparison to 2012.
Trump’s view of black communities: “You get shot walking down the street.” Reality: No.
Donald Trump has won over many working-class white voters. But does he have anyone else?
Fears about terrorism have risen considerably in the U.S., but that has a lot to do with which party is in the White House.
There’s a whole literary subgenre devoted to inventions that ultimately destroy their inventors. Frankenstein didn’t turn out so well for…
Three-quarters of Americans want to give trans people special protections under federal law.
A new study examines how female legislators embrace compromise—and men don’t.