Original research on voting methods, election design, and evidence-based governance.
One in five voters with disabilities reports difficulty voting — three times the rate of non-disabled voters. With 83% of polling places containing barriers and 14 states passing new restrictive laws in 2024, the accessibility gap is widening.
Australia's compulsory voting boosted turnout by 24 points and increased pension spending. Venezuela's repeal raised inequality. Across 21 countries, mandatory voting reshapes elections — but does it improve democracy?
From Estonia's majority-online elections to the Philippines' overseas voting and India's mobile app experiments — a data-driven look at which countries are embracing digital democracy and what the results show.
Swiss citizens vote on an average of 15 national issues per year — more than half of all referendums ever held worldwide. The result: 60%+ trust in government, a culture of compromise, and lessons for every community that governs by vote.
47% of young Americans voted in 2024 — up from 39% in 2016 but hiding deep disparities by race, gender, and geography. The data reveals a generation that is politically engaged but unevenly mobilized.
Americans show up for presidents but skip the elections that shape their daily lives. Local election turnout averages 27% — a crisis with measurable consequences for representation, policy, and community governance.
Women hold 36% of local elected positions worldwide — higher than national parliaments but stagnating. Quotas add 7 percentage points, and only two countries have reached parity. The data shows what works and what doesn't.
A comprehensive ranking of the world's democracies — from full democracies to authoritarian regimes — using data from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Freedom House, and V-Dem Institute.
A data-driven analysis of how corruption corrodes democratic governance — and how transparent institutions rebuild it — across 180 countries.
Ten years of global democracy data reveal a clear pattern — democratic erosion is accelerating, and it rarely starts with a coup.
Countries that restrict press freedom see democratic decline within 3–5 years. The data from Reporters Without Borders reveals press freedom as democracy's early warning system.
A state-by-state analysis of electronic voting authorization, adoption rates, and participation impact in HOAs and condominiums. 39 states now permit some form of electronic voting for community associations.
Plurality, ranked-choice, approval, and weighted voting applied to the same voter preferences can produce four different winners. We model why — and what it means for organizations choosing how to vote.