Exposition and analysis of polling data from 1952 to 2006 on voting in presidential and House elections.

Political dysfunction. Partisanship at record levels. Attack politics run amok. And public approval of Congress scraping the single digits (Sen. John McCain is fond of saying it's down to blood rlatives and paid staff).

AEI's Political Report dives deep into what happened on Election Day, examining how 2010 stacks up historically, revealing what voters want Congress to do about health care, and providing exit poll nuggets from A to Z.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the long Democratic primary season has given the party institutional, administrative, and financial advantages in the general election.

This electionyear, the issue of early voting is hot. It has been highlighted by journalists and analysts in recent weeks as a key factor in the 2004 presidential race.

Presidential sermons will not make a whit of difference in educational outcomes.

Following a defeat in Citizens United, the Obama administration is making an unprecedented assault on free speech through a proposed executive order requiring federal bidders to disclose their political giving during the previous two years.

The results of the 2010 elections fail somehow to account for the continued difficulties that Republicans (at all levels of government) have had after past wave elections.