Scoring the Absentee Returns

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...

LA’s November Elections

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...

San Diego Mayor Likely Voter Universes

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...

Past San Diego Election Turnout

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...

Targeting San Diego – A look at 2005 Mayoral Special Election

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...