While Election Day is just over five weeks away, election season is (with the first Presidential debate two days away) moving at an accelerated pace. Given that accelerated pace, JMC will in this article discuss the current atmospherics of the election cycle by focusing on early voting and (to a lesser extent) available polling. Discussion […]
Decision 2020: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (September 18 edition)
While Election Day less than seven weeks away, election season isn’t just underway, but it’s already proceeding at an accelerated pace. Given that accelerated pace, JMC will in this article discuss the atmospherics of the election cycle by focusing on early voting and (to a lesser extent) available polling. Discussion Point #1: Not “Election DAY”, […]
Decision 2020: JMC’s “Election Soundbites” (September 10 edition)
While Election Day is just under two months away, election season isn’t just underway, but it’s already proceeding at an accelerated pace. Given that accelerated pace, JMC will in this article discuss the atmospherics of this election cycle using existing, publicly available data. More specifically, both partisan voter registration and partisan primary participation. Discussion Point […]
Decision 2020: Will Louisiana “mail it in” this November ?
Louisiana voters tend to be creatures of habit. For years, mail in voting was an insubstantial part of the electorate, and nearly everyone voted on Election Day. That changed after Hurricane Katrina, when in person early voting was introduced. This method of voting took some time for voters to get used to, but it has […]
Decision 2020: Pennsylvania Post Office poll
Pennsylvania was one of three states which shocked the world on Election Night 2016 when it supported a Republican Presidential candidate for the first time since 1988, and it is expected to be competitive again this year. In recent weeks, the United States Postal Service has been in the news because with an increasing emphasis […]
Update on a modern (and transparent) way to poll major races
JMC’s first crowdfunded poll (the Senate Democratic primary race in Massachusetts was what a plurality of 2,124 Twitter voters chose) was a success (results can be found here)! Moving forward, I’m increasing “market choice” by allowing interested people in the political world to make a DIRECT decision as to what they want to have polled […]
Decision 2020: Massachusetts U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Poll
Massachusetts is a state where Democrats are so dominant (although since 1990, it has generally elected Republican Governors) that you have occasional “town vs gown” factional fights. This Senate Democratic primary is one of those such fights. This is the first crowdfunded poll JMC Analytics and Polling has conducted. 2,124 people on Twitter participated in […]
A modern (and transparent) way to poll major races
In the nearly 10 years I’ve been in business, polling in Louisiana (and other states across the country) is something I do – and love doing – for a living, whether the race is a national, statewide, or a local one. I’ve noticed in the political world, however, there is a scant availability of independent, […]
Decision 2020: Tennessee U.S. Senate GOP Primary Poll
Tennessee is a Southern state whose partisan divisions were once so predictable that ordinary citizens could recite them by heart (East Tennessee was Republican since the Civil War, Middle Tennessee was “Andrew Jackson Democratic”, and Western Tennessee was an extension of the Deep South (and, therefore, formerly Democratic)). Suburbanization around Nashville, combined with a general […]
Decision 2020: Louisiana Presidential Primary vote
Louisiana’s twice delayed Presidential primary was finally held last night. Despite the fact that the Presidential race has been a non-event since “Super Tuesday” in March, people still exhibited some interest in the race: early voting this year was double the volume of the 2016 Presidential primary (201,306, compared to the 100,192 who early voted […]