AP Elections is the leading provider of accurate, nonpartisan and timely U.S elections results to the world’s foremost media, financial and technology companies.
As interest grows in the 2026 midterms through to the 2028 presidential elections, we can help publishers grow reach and deepen engagement across all media channels.
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Trusted results
AP Elections is your single source for results and reporting on major races at the national, state and local level.
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Dynamic visuals
AP Elections offerings are tailored to your needs and designed to work seamlessly with your team and tech stack.
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Expert support
AP Elections provides technical and subject matter support to fit the needs of every customer.
Results you can count on
Trusted by the world’s leading broadcasters and digital publishers to provide unbiased, fact-based and unfailingly accurate U.S. election results.
All the coverage you need
AP Elections provides comprehensive data, visuals and content from headline elections down the ballot to local races – from the White House to the state house and beyond.
Engaging, iconic media
We help you bring the elections to life across any format you need, from live graphics and breaking stories to iconic video and imagery.
Plug-and-play simplicity
With plans that fit your needs and direct access via API or our secure portal, we make it easy to integrate our data and content into your workflows.
Tailored support packages
Our pre-election testing and expert support provides the technical and subject matter expertise you need to succeed on every election day.
How will you leverage elections opportunities?
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Grow
AP Elections helps you turn attention into audience and revenue growth, making it easy to provide full coverage of what’s happening on Election Day.
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Engage
Become your audience’s go-to source for the U.S. elections by using our data, visuals and context to enhance your own reporting.
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Elevate
AP Elections helps you raise the bar on your coverage, giving you access to the same election night resources as the world’s leading media, financial and technology companies.
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Participate
AP Elections makes it easy to integrate trusted results and coverage into your platforms, regardless of your team’s size or tech infrastructure.
AP’s role in the U.S. elections
In the American system of government, elections are administered most directly by local officials. There is no single governmental agency or federal commission that tallies those results and says who has won. That’s a role AP has filled in the democracy since 1848.
AP starts the work of counting the vote with a network of local reporters who have first-hand knowledge of their territories and trusted relationships with county clerks and other local officials. These reporters collect vote results at the source: voting precincts and county election offices. We match those results to data posted on county and state websites and provided via electronic data feeds, conducting an intense series of checks and verifications to ensure the numbers we publish are unfailingly accurate.
AP’s Decision Team starts with research — from voter demographics, to details on early and advance ballots cast, to a review of political issues and candidate backgrounds — that might affect the outcome of a race. After polls close, we follow with in-depth analysis of AP’s vote count. Only when completely confident the leader cannot be overtaken by trailing candidates will AP declare a winner.
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