According to a 2020 FiveThirtyEight survey, nearly 25% of non-voters or irregular voters cited structural voting barriers as a reason for not voting

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Pope Leo became the first pope to vote in a United States election after submitting a mail-in ballot in Chicago

A Washington Post poll in Kansas recorded a 32 percent response completion rate among Democrats compared to 12 percent among Republicans

In a 2020 FiveThirtyEight survey, 31% of non-voting respondents cited disliking the political candidates as their reason for not voting

According to a 2020 FiveThirtyEight survey, non-voters in the United States are disproportionately low-income, less educated, younger, and unaffiliated with a political party

In a 2020 FiveThirtyEight survey, 26% of non-voting respondents stated they did not vote because they believed an election would change nothing

Voters in Alaska passed a state ballot initiative that implemented ranked-choice voting

Australia and Belgium mandate voter participation by law

According to a 2020 FiveThirtyEight survey, registered voters in the United States tend to have higher incomes and education levels than non-voters

In 2020, FiveThirtyEight conducted a study surveying over 8,000 Americans while tracking their voting histories to examine voter non-participation

Between 35% and 60% of eligible voters in the United States do not cast a ballot in any given election

More than one million voters cast ballots in the August 2026 Michigan Democratic Senate primary

On the 2026 Alaska U.S. Senate election ballot, incumbent Dan Sullivan is designated as 'Dan S. Republican incumbent,' while the challenger is designated as 'Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr.'

Early voting turnout figures for the 2026 midterm elections showed Republican participation lagging behind Democratic participation

Alaska utilizes a ranked-choice voting system where the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated in successive rounds until one candidate secures over 50% of votes

United States federal prosecutors explored charges alleging a conspiracy to violate voter rights in the Alaska Senate race

Independent voters and suburban women supported Donald Trump in 2024 after previously voting against Donald Trump in 2020

A federal district judge ruled against the Donald Trump presidential administration's effort to separate 20,000 mail-in ballots in California

Alaska conducts an open top-four primary election system where the four candidates with the most votes advance to a ranked-choice voting general election

The U.S. Department of Justice sued to prevent California election officials from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters it alleged were non-citizens

During the 1950s, Southern states required jurors to be registered voters, which resulted in all-white juries in civil rights prosecutions