by Paul | Oct 6, 2013 | News
As voting by mail becomes a more common way casting ballots, particularly in low-turnout elections, it becomes imperative to better understand these voters. A generation ago, voting by mail was uncommon. In fact, the term “Absentee Voting” meant exactly that – a...
by Paul | Sep 17, 2013 | News
This November thousands of voters are going to the polls. Within Los Angeles County alone there are nearly 100 elections ranging from city council to library board. With a fresh update from LA County, PDI has 116,000 new registrants since the 2012 General. A New...
by Paul | Sep 5, 2013 | News
counts & description Political Data has consistently created likely voter universes for statewide and local contests and post-election analysis has pointed to their effectiveness at helping campaigns and pollsters identify those voters that will turn out on...
by Paul | Aug 26, 2013 | News
On Friday we looked just at the 2005 San Diego Primary and Runoff Elections, with the runoff being a bit more complicated because it was being held concurrent with a statewide special election. Today we look a bit more closely at the 2005 Mayoral and how it fits in...
by Paul | Aug 23, 2013 | News
Targeting for the upcoming San Diego mayoral Special Election is complicated because San Diego provides few recent examples from which to create a likely voter turnout model. There are statewide special elections in 2003, 2005 and 2009, and there were recent special...