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Elections.Candidacies.Recorded votes.

A public reference for the official electoral records of the United States. Candidacies, results and mandates in the archive since 2000, linked end to end, with county-level results where available.

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USA

Candidacies and results from official U.S. returns (MEDSL), FEC filings and Census Bureau geography, linked end to end.

Candidacies (federal and governor, general and special elections)
13,488
People (federal and governor, general and special elections)
7,001

MEDSL · FEC · Census Bureau · 2000—2026

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Candidacies, results and mandates from Brazil's official electoral record (TSE), linked end to end.

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§ 01Premise

Election data in the United States is public. civism connects data published by its sources (MEDSL, state election offices, the FEC and the Census Bureau): an election leads to candidacies in the archive, a person to recorded races, and a count to the county where available.

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United States, in depth

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Election cycles in the record. 10 items. 2000: 2000 general elections; 2004: 2004 general elections; 2008: 2008 general elections; 2012: 2012 general elections; 2016: 2016 general elections; 2018: 2018 general elections; 2020: 2020 general elections; 2022: 2022 general elections; 2024: 2024 general elections; 2026: 2026 general elections.

Election cycles in the record
  1. 2000 — General
  5. 2004 — General
  9. 2008 — General
  13. 2012 — General
  17. 2016 — General
  19. 2018 — General
  21. 2020 — General
  23. 2022 — General
  25. 2024 — General
  27. 2026 — General

§ 02Depth

From the whole country to a single county.

Votes cast for president at the levels the archive holds. Sources: MEDSL and state election offices. Here, the 2024 election: the United States, the state at the median of votes cast, and that state's median county.

bar chart. 3 items. Highest: United States · Votes cast, 160,333,461. Lowest: Garrard · Votes cast, 9,001. United States · Votes cast: 160,333,461; Kentucky · Votes cast: 2,101,098; Garrard · Votes cast: 9,001.

  1. Country

    United States

    Votes cast
    160,333,461

  2. State

    Kentucky

    ↳ 1 of 51 states, counting the District of Columbia

    Votes cast
    2,101,098

  3. County

    Garrard

    ↳ 1 of 120 counties in Kentucky

    Votes cast
    9,001

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§ 03Trajectory

A career, cycle by cycle.

Every candidacy is tied to one person, across offices and cycles. A figure from the record, changing daily.

Figure from the record 03 / 05

Andy Kim

Andy Kim

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Candidacies by year and office — Andy Kim. 4 items. Highest: 2024 U.S. Senate, Place: New Jersey. Party: Democratic. Votes: 2,161,491. Elected. MEDSL. Lowest: 2018 U.S. House, Place: NJ-03. Party: Democratic. Votes: 153,473. Elected. MEDSL. 2018 U.S. House: Place: NJ-03. Party: Democratic. Votes: 153,473. Elected. MEDSL; 2020 U.S. House: Place: NJ-03. Party: Democratic. Votes: 229,840. Elected. MEDSL; 2022 U.S. House: Place: NJ-03. Party: Democratic. Votes: 387,692. Elected. MEDSL; 2024 U.S. Senate: Place: New Jersey. Party: Democratic. Votes: 2,161,491. Elected. MEDSL.

  1. 2018U.S. HouseNJ-03 · ElectedMEDSL153,473
  2. 2020U.S. HouseNJ-03 · ElectedMEDSL229,840
  3. 2022U.S. HouseNJ-03 · ElectedMEDSL387,692
  4. 2024U.S. SenateNew Jersey · ElectedMEDSL2,161,491
  1. 2018, U.S. House, NJ-03; Elected; 153,473; MEDSL
  2. 2020, U.S. House, NJ-03; Elected; 229,840; MEDSL
  3. 2022, U.S. House, NJ-03; Elected; 387,692; MEDSL
  4. 2024, U.S. Senate, New Jersey; Elected; 2,161,491; MEDSL

§ 04Linkage

Every record points to the next.

Elections, contests, candidacies, people, parties and places form one graph. Context attaches to the candidacy, party or county where available.

  1. Elections
  2. Contests
  3. Candidacies
  4. People
Campaign finance
3,549candidate finance summariesFEC
County context
3,144counties with context dataCensus Bureau

§ 05Provenance

Published data, from the source.

The archive brings together data published by the sources below. Totals count records per source, not unique entities; a record may appear under more than one source.

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PublisherData points
MEDSLMIT Election Data and Science LabCounty and district results, turnout303,284
State officesState election offices, via OpenElectionsCertified results published by state election offices1,110,160
FECFederal Election CommissionCandidate finance summaries3,549
CensusU.S. Census BureauGeography, population and district demographics38,467
Σ1,455,460

§ 06Principles

  • No account.

    Every page is open to read, link and cite.

  • No paywall.

    Free for voters, newsrooms and researchers.

  • No ads.

    Nothing on the page but the record.

Election data, linked end to end.

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3,133 counties, each shaded by decile of votes cast for president in 2024. Darker is more votes. Source: MEDSL. 3,133 items. Highest: 1, 9. Lowest: 67, 0. 0: 7; 1: 9; 2: 4; 3: 4; 4: 7; 5: 1; 6: 3; 7: 8; 8: 5; 67: 0. and 3,123 more.

3,133 counties, each shaded by decile of votes cast for president in 2024. Darker is more votes. Source: MEDSL.