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Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (October 11 edition)

Introduction We are in the midst of election season now; in fact, people are already voting in 44 states – that we know about, and Election Day is just over three weeks away (in person early voting starts in Louisiana next Friday). Given that we’re going into the final stretch of the campaign, what has been […]

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Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (August 23 edition)

Introduction Now that the Democratic convention is over, we are now officially in the “final sprint” to Election Day. Primary season has nearly concluded (Alaska, Florida, and Wyoming held their primaries this past Tuesday), which means now that only five states have not yet held their primaries. Four of those five contests will be held […]

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Decision 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 […]

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Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (July 27 edition)

Introduction While the departure of Joe Biden from the Presidential contest has been the latest “campaign shocker”, has the Presidential race fundamentally changed ? Today, JMC will purely focus on applicable polling to evaluate the answer to this question. In the short term, the Presidential contest is about to take “second stage” to the Olympic […]

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Decision 2024: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (July 19 edition)

We are now (from an election season perspective) in the “calm before the storm.” The Republican convention has just concluded, the opening ceremonies for the Olympics are a week from today, and then the Democratic convention convenes on August 19 in Chicago. Primary season (for Congressional, state, legislative, and local races) is also underway across […]

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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 […]

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Louisiana Climate Change/Solutions Statewide Poll (Part II)

In December 2022, JMC conducted a first-of-its-kind poll for an energy client to enhance the discussion around climate policy in Louisiana (that poll can be found here) – Louisiana’s dual role both as a coastal state and as a significant producer of energy makes this state “Ground Zero” for any discussions concerning climate policy. The […]

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Decision 2023/2024 – JMC Podcast (Governor/President)

Former East Baton Rouge Parish School Board President David Tatman (who also owns his own lobbying firm) has a podcast called “The Pelican Brief.” John Couvillon was a recent guest, and he was interviewed about both the 2023 Louisiana Governor’s race and the 2024 Presidential primary contests. His interview can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/louisiana-will-have-a-new-governor-in-2024-tune-in/id1668687539?i=1000602397941

Decision 2022: Did the pollsters get it right (or wrong) this time?

With the 2022 midterms’ now being in the rearview mirror, the performance of pollsters is again in the limelight. In this case, the conventional wisdom is that the polls overestimated Republican performance and led people to believe that this would be a “red wave” election when instead, the 2022 midterms were a “split decision”: Republicans […]

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Decision 2022 – JMC Analytics and Polling’s 11/7 US Senate scorecard (The road to 51)

Polls open across America in a few hours as this article is being published. More than 44 million early voted (372K did in Louisiana), and as this final scorecard is being written for the 2022 midterm election cycle, control of the Senate remains tight, but polling trends have demonstrably been moving in once direction since […]

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