An explanation of the methodology for 538's current polling averages. 538 goes through many steps to calculate its polling averages. ABC News Photo Illustration This is an old version of our polling ...

How 538's new 2024 presidential general election polling averages work. It's the moment you've all been waiting for: Today, 538 launched our interactive polling averages for the 2024 presidential ...

Last month, a GOP-friendly polling firm presented itself, and its data, in a highly unusual way. Rather than maintain a nominally neutral public-facing profile, this pollster acted more like a cavalry ...

The administration has become increasingly focused on admissions data in its effort to bring the higher education system in line with President Trump’s political agenda. By Michael C. Bender and ...

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ...

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey ...

Federal statistics are vital to public policy and essential to the nation’s economic well-being. Businesses, investors, and governments at all levels rely on trustworthy data to assess conditions, ...