Introduction America is getting close to the “final sprint” to the November 5 election, as the Democratic convention in Chicago commences in 2 days. On the Congressional/statewide primary circuit, five more states (Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin) held their primaries this past week, while three more states (Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming) will hold Tuesday […]
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RSS feed for this sectionDecision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 10 edition)
Introduction The Olympics (which concludes tomorrow) are coming to a close, and the Democratic convention in Chicago commences in 9 days. The Democrats finally have their ticket determined, as Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. On the Congressional/statewide primary circuit, four more states (Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington) held their […]
Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 2 edition)
Introduction Now that the Kamala Harris campaign has had a two-week run (although without a running mate), the Biden re-election campaign is now in the past tense, thus making it important for the Trump/Vance ticket to recalibrate its approach, now that it has a different opponent. While the Olympics are still front and center until […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about Louisiana’s open primary system II)
Louisiana has since the 1970s had an open primary system for electing its public officials, whereby candidates (regardless of party) run on the same primary and/or general election ballot. In the first special session of 2024, the law was changed to restrict who could participate in primary elections for the US House/Senate, the Public Service […]
Decision 2024 – Day 1 of Early Voting (Is mail in voting “a thing” now ?)
Ever since early voting was established in Louisiana nearly 20 years ago, it has steadily become an accepted method of voting, and it has reshuffled existing assumptions about how to plan “get out the vote” activities. The coronavirus pandemic of 2020-2022 added a nuance to the “accepted method of voting”, however, as mail in voting […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about Louisiana’s open primary system)
Louisiana has since the 1970s had an open primary system for electing its public officials, whereby candidates (regardless of party) run on the same primary and/or general election ballot. There is proposed legislation (as part of items to be considered in an upcoming special session to begin on January 15) to change from this open […]
Decision 2024: National Republican Primary Poll #2
JMC Analytics and Polling conducted a poll of likely national Republican voters. Major takeaways are as follows: (1) Former President Trump retains the strong residual support of Republican voters, (2) Governor Ron DeSantis has seen some slippage in his support, and (3) If former President Trump were to skip the debate, his absence wouldn’t matter […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about film industry/tax incentives)
JMC Analytics and Polling was recently commissioned by the Louisiana Film Entertainment Association/LFEA (which can be reached at either www.lfea.org or www.FilmLouisiana.com) to poll Louisianians about the state’s film industry/tax incentives to develop this industry. Major takeaways are as follows: (1) The film industry in Louisiana is held in high esteem, (2) Tax incentives to […]
Louisiana Statewide Poll (Attitudes about criminal justice issues)
JMC was recently commissioned by the Justice Action Network to poll Louisianians about attitudes related to the criminal justice system. Major takeaways are as follows: Crime is the number one issue for Louisianians; Voters are unhappy about the current functioning of the criminal justice system; Attitudes have changed about how non-violent offenders should be dealt […]
Decision 2023 – LA Statewide Poll (Governor and Attorney General)
JMC was recently commissioned to poll both the Governor and Attorney General’s races. Major takeaways are as follows: 1. In the Governor’s race, two candidates clearly lead the field (although the primary is still nearly seven months away); 2. In the Attorney General’s race, District Attorney John Belton’s biography is attractive to voters. The actual […]