Taking the pulse of local politics
Asya Magazinnik finds disparate implementation of national policies in jurisdictions across the United States.
Asya Magazinnik finds disparate implementation of national policies in jurisdictions across the United States.
Graduate student Ashwin Narayan takes off the fall semester to work on an election information database.
Experts analyze a global trend: democratic governments that collapse from within while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy.
MIT political scientist explains the responsibilities leaders have for shaping and sharing factual, truthful information in the nation's political discourse.
“Whatever the outcome, I very much hope that in our interactions with one another, we can hold ourselves to our usual high standards of kindness, decency, compassion, inclusion and mutual respect,” writes President L. Rafael Reif.
MIT student groups come together to host “voter mobilization festival” featuring Institute leaders, famed artists, and elected officials.
MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election.
MIT political scientist researches voting, race, the legal system, and bureaucratic behavior.
Study measures the “blue shift” from absentee and provisional ballots, underscores uncertainties of 2020 vote.
Bolstered by campus partnerships and TurboVote, the student-led group MITvote is working to increase voter turnout.
Head of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab discusses the greatest risks, voting by mail, zombies, and asteroids.
MIT cryptography expert and election technology developer explains how to verify an election outcome.
Mobile voting application could allow hackers to alter individual votes and may pose privacy issues for users.
U.S. elections have become more “unstable,” sometimes swinging in the opposite direction from the greater electorate’s preferences.