In person early voting concluded last night for the 2016 Presidential election in Louisiana, although mail in absentee ballots are still being accepted for several more days. What has early voting told us about voter turnout/which voters are turning out ? Record early voting turnout As of last night, 515,181 early voted, which is a new record that […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2016 – (Halftime Report for) Early Voting in Louisiana
In person early voting has now been underway for three days for the 2016 Presidential election in Louisiana and will continue until next Tuesday, November 1 (after which, mail in absentee ballots will be accepted for another week). What have three days of early voting told us with regards to voter turnout? Record early voting turnout […]
Decision 2016 – (First Day of) Early Voting in Louisiana
In person early voting is now underway for the 2016 Presidential election in Louisiana and will continue until next Tuesday, November 1 (after which, mail in absentee ballots will be accepted for another week). What did yesterday’s early vote tell us ? Record early voting turnout Louisianians are slowly but surely getting used to the […]
Decision 2016 – JMC Analytics and Polling’s Louisiana Early Voting Thread
Day 1 of early voting (coming soon)
Decision 2016: Has Donald Trump “spiked” Democratic voter registration? (October 22 update)
Donald Trump has run an unconventional campaign. And part of that departure from convention has been the use of controversial rhetoric that popularly has been thought to energize unregistered Democratic voters, thus making it more difficult for him to carry critical swing states and get elected. Or has he ? To best evaluate this assumption, […]
Decision 2016: Latest PSC (District 4) poll
JMC Analytics and Polling was commissioned by the Mike Francis campaign for Public Service Commissioner to poll both the Presidential and Public Service Commission District 4 race (PSC District 4 encompasses Southwest and Central Louisiana, and the map can be found here). The poll can be found here.
Decision 2016 – JMC Analytics and Polling’s Louisiana Presidential/US Senate Poll
JMC Analytics and Polling was recently commissioned by the Fleming campaign to poll Louisiana both for the Presidential and the (24 candidate) U.S. Senate race. Among its findings: 1.For the U.S. Senate race, five candidates once had a path to the runoff – now, four do; 2.On the Democratic side, Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell essentially has […]
Decision 2016 – JMC Analytics and Polling’s October 16 Presidential scorecard
Introduction – How JMC Analytics and Polling calls a state (1) Safe Democratic/Clinton or safe Republican/Trump (dark blue/red) – If no polls have been conducted within the last 7 days for that state, a 2012 Obama (or Romney) percentage of 60% or above gets this rating. If polls have been conducted, a Clinton (or Trump) […]
Demographic analysis of the August 2016 flood
Was the August 2016 flood that hit south Louisiana especially hard (more so than the 1983 flood) a “Katrina event”? In other words, has the devastation sparked a massive resettlement into other parts of the state (and to other states, for that matter) ? To answer this question, JMC Analytics and Polling examined changes in voter registration between […]
Decision 2016: PSC poll, with JMC Analytics and Polling’s response to the “War Room PAC”
JMC Analytics and Polling was commissioned by the Mike Francis campaign for Public Service Commissioner to poll the Public Service Commission District 4 race (PSC District 4 encompasses Southwest and Central Louisiana, and the map can be found here). Earlier this week, LABI sent out a “War Room PAC” email which discussed this and other races. Their […]