The year of the virtual campaign. 2020 was…unique and forced change into how campaigns are run.
Alex’s Review of 2020: Political Research, Data, and Digital Media
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INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE
Analysis on public sentiment, regulatory trends, persuasion, and campaigns.
A Christmas Message from Ozean
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2020 Electoral College Contest Results
Ozean Media and Meer Research recently sponsored a contest asking people to predict the Electoral College outcome for 2020. We thought we would share the predictions and results with you. Winner of Electoral College – Biden / Harris 90% of the contestants picked the...
Election 2020 – Alachua Style
Was asked a question, "What precincts are you watching closely for Election Night in Alachua?" The true answer is "none", but if I were to watch some here is what they would be: There are several precincts that were close to 50 / 50 in 2016. There are 5 that were...
Win $250 – you pick em! Electoral College Contest
The Meer Research Electoral Prediction contest is now open. You can make your predictions by clicking here. The contest closes Saturday (Oct 3) at midnight.
POTUS IMPEACHMENT – More Research Needed
Interesting test this week with Meer Research in regard's to the impeachment of President Donald Trump. This is a cross-post from Meer Research. We had an internal debate on the potential wording of the question. Instead of guessing, we set out to do a quick simple...
Florida Voter File – Churn
Some weekend projects start with a simple question, this past weekend was no different. "How much churn is there in Florida's voter file?" We wanted to get a sense of how much churn was in the voter file leading up to the 2020 election. We took the voterfile from Jan...
Scandal in politics – where is the line?
I have written about political scandal before, but that research seems outdated in today's political landscape. Today's landscape seems bi-polar. Sometime scandal will drive people from office to resign in shame- Sen Franken, Gov Sanford - while other times it just...
Florida GOP is Winning the Voter Registration Battle
Statewide elections in Florida are among the most competitive and hotly contested elections in the United States. Since 2012, six statewide elections have been decided by less than 1.2% while three have been won by fewer than 35,000 votes. Once you realize there are...