Hello,

The way the tenses should be working in the paper now is that information in the charts and tables should be in the present tense because you are referring information to the reader that is in the moment. Just about everything else, as when you are referring to past elections, the text should be in the past tense. There are certain cases where the tenses needed to match, say, in the same sentence or paragraph, for consistency. I paid particular attention to the tenses, and I thought it read well the way it is not - BUT, if you have a question about some of those that might not read well for you, definitely ask and I will get right back to you. Hope this helps!