Analysis on public sentiment, regulatory trends, persuasion, and campaigns.
I hope you had a great 4th of July. As a true nerd, I spent some time looking at American National Election Studies (ANES) data. For those unfamiliar with the data, it began at the University of Michigan and now is a jointly done with Stanford. The survey research...
My flirtation with Ranked Choice Voting has ended as many of my flirtations end: bewildered and alone with my thoughts. As I disclosed early in the process, I went into this project thinking the United States isn't ready for RCV, and this exercise and the recent...
As with some projects, and especially some coding projects, it is better to shut the lap - top and go for a walk. Then start all over. That is where I find myself now. I was doing some additional research in how to account for ties: There are three ways - three...
I am frustrated. What should have been an easy 1-2-3 project has turned into a mess. It seems by offering people ranking, people are getting to the point of "throwing" away their votes - even may be enjoying it. Just when I think we are making progress towards...
WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM! I thought this was going to be easy....it is not. It is complicated and it goes back to the old saying "those who county the votes....." Here is the challenge, again suppose to be easy....you eliminate the bottom vote getter and...
Round 1 of Ranked Choice Voting has its own issues…..
An adventure in polling, coding and tabulation of ranked choice voting – using ice cream!
So, you want to run as a third party or independent? Best of Luck! For whatever reason, one of the most read blog posts on this website is an explanation of why third parties don’t win. Long story short – the deck is completely stacked against them. But like any good...
Inoculation Theory In the early 1960, William McGuire began to build the theory of inoculation in and around communication and persuasion. The theory has since been studied extensively with nuances offered (a large debt to Michael Pfau). The communication theory uses...
