Daniel Trielli

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Daniel Trielli is a data journalist for the Capital News Service interactive bureau, Studio C. He started working as a journalist 11 years ago in his native Brazil, where his last position was as an assistant editor at O Estado de S. Paulo. Contact him at dtrielli@umd.edu, or connect with him on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Excerpt of graphic shows the evolution of popular votes in presidential elections from 1996 to 2016. Popular support for both the Democratic and the Republican presidential candidate has decreased in the 2016 election.

Both major-party presidential candidates got fewer votes in 2016

It was down especially sharply for Democrats.

The number of early votes doubled in Maryland this year compared to 2012, with 859,928 ballots cast between October 27 and November 3. Photo courtesy Susan Schmitz / Shutterstock.com

Number of early votes in Maryland doubles from 2012 to 2016; 22 percent already voted this year

Number of early votes in Maryland doubles from 2012 to 2016

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Broken or Missing Smoke Detectors Are a Factor in 6 Out of 10 Fire Deaths

Four people died in a house fire in Chillum in Prince George’s County on Tuesday in a home that lacked smoke detectors, according to county fire officials.