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Dec 10, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Get inspired by Mayor Ginny Dickey

A deep dive into old population and voter data revealed a couple of old Precinct Committeemen lists from 2013 and 2008. Before the...

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Dec 4, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Boards and Commissions in your Neighborhood

LD3 Dems is fortunate to have a Vice Chair, Nigel Taplin, dedicated to finding good candidates for Boards and Commissions in the City of...

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Dec 1, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Pop-up PACs

This sounds like something fun. A frozen dessert, an ‘80s video game? It’s not. Pop-up PACs are designed to work around campaign finance...

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Nov 19, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Jumble of Data

Much has been written about the impact of third-party candidates on elections. The news this week from pundits claims that unaffiliated...

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Nov 12, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Third Party and Write-Ins

Much has been written about the impact of third-party candidates on elections. The news this week from pundits claims that unaffiliated...

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Nov 5, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: The Curse of Cursive

Can you read the first line? Easily? It’s from a class of typography fonts called Fraktur, Blacktype or old German. Basically, Gothic. ...

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Oct 29, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: How do we know?

We are often asked how we know who to talk to. How do we know which households, or phone numbers lean Democrat or Republican, for that...

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Oct 22, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Down Down Down Ballot

Are you still looking for a way to contribute to your community? Run for one of these downballot, paid offices. Every four years in...

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Oct 16, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Political Contributions 101

October 15. That’s the day third-quarter Federal campaign financial reports are due. The Federal Election Commission, at FEC.gov, makes...

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Oct 8, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Movin' On... Or In

Your new neighbors are not more Democratic, but they may be more democratic (small d). Much depends on where you live. Here is an...

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Oct 4, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: No Labels and Us

Partisan Voter Registration in Arizona has been roughly divided into thirds for a very long time. Recently, Unaffiliated has become our...

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Sep 24, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Be Like Ohio

Partisan Voter Registration in Arizona has been roughly divided into thirds for a very long time. Recently, Unaffiliated has become our...

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Sep 16, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: BOS is a BIG DEAL!

Maricopa County is the fourth largest by population in the entire US. We know that. It is governed by a five-member Board of...

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Sep 10, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Downballot for our Towns and Cities

Downballot (adjective) : of, relating to, or being a political contest for an office that is of relatively low importance and that is...

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Sep 4, 20232 min read

Data Snacks: Fun with Precinct Names

I stared at precincts every day this week, coloring them, measuring them, matching them up with people, candidates and causes. Some of...

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Aug 27, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Another way to look at it

There are many ways we measure how well we’ve done as a voter engagement organization. There is: who won and by how much voter...

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Aug 20, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: 2024 School Boards

Maricopa County has 57 School Districts, each with elected non-partisan governing boards. In 2024 there will be 157 School Board...

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Aug 13, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Power to the People

Our state constitution clearly provides the voters with the specific right to enact or reject acts of the legislature through...

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Aug 6, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Little House in the Big Desert

According to CityLab only 20% of Arizona residents were born in the state. Nationally, the average number of people who live in the...

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Jul 30, 20231 min read

Data Snacks: Heat Maps. It’s not just the weather that’s hot

Heat Maps can be produced for just about anything you can measure for a location. Yes, they are extensively used to show differences in...

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