Burkina Faso, a landlocked nation of 23 million in Sahel, an arid strip of land south of the Sahara, used to be known for its ...

The average age of the president at inauguration is 55. A candidate has won the popular vote but lost the election five times in US presidential election history. James Buchanan is the only ...

Exit polls are surveys of voters taken as they exit their polling place. The exit poll also includes interviews with early in-person voters and a telephone poll is conducted for absentee voters.