Once again, our own Tonto National Forest is on FIRE. It threatens nearby homes and our amazing Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve. ...

We’ve spent the last year and a half exploring how our district performed in the 2022 election. 2022 was a midterm. To understand how...

Vote for one? Let's talk Single Shot strategy in this week's Data Snack

Maricopa County contains all or the majority portion of 19 of the 30 Legislative Districts in Arizona.  LD3 is the most Republican.  This...

Arizona is lucky.  In 1995, with significant help by the League of Women Voters, the state passed the Clean Elections Act. The basic...

Turnout, win ratio, demographics, in-person vs vote-by-mail. We measure everything relating to elections. There is another measurement...

Parts of Arizona will be crazy busy with the Primary on July 30.  Last week’s Snack covered LD3.  Here is the rest of the picture....

July 30.  Arizona’s statewide Primary Election.  By the time you read this it will be less than 60 days away. Many contests will be on...

The Arizona Secretary of State’s office publishes the official Voter Registration totals quarterly plus a tally for each major election. ...

Signatures are in and write-ins will be added soon. LD3 Dems has 101 Precinct Committeemen “on the ballot” in July's primary. Though we...

A recent report by the outreach group Civictech is headlined: “Republican Voter Registration is surging” It’s true, but not the whole...

A typical map provides geographic information.  When you color it in or otherwise mark up the map to show something like election...

LD3 comes in first countywide and statewide in several categories – most registered voters in LDs statewide (now second), best Dem...

Snack No. 52. A whole year of Data Snacks. Data is only helpful if it shows you how to create a strategy or modify one. In the last...

The number of signatures required to get on the ballot is defined in statute. The law counts only “qualified signers”. What is that? A...

The Presidential Preference Election replaced caucuses in Arizona in 1992. It was first used in 1996, but Democrats did not participate...

Ask a room full of local Democrats what we mean by Downballot and you’ll get a pretty consistent answer: SCHOOL BOARDS Good answer....

LD3 is a committee of the Democratic Party. By definition, it is partisan. Our role is to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. ...

Different ages respond to both messaging and the method of message delivery differently. Older voters rely on Facebook and YouTube,...

Proposition 211, the Voters’ Right to Know Act, was passed by the voters with an overwhelming 72% yes vote. That’s a win for Democrats...