Data Snacks: Parties, PACs and non-profits, oh my (and lawsuits)
Are you confused about political groups? Politics are governed by campaign finance laws. Here’s what the IRS says: A political...
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Jul 9, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Technical Public Schools, EVIT and West-MEC
Have you ever noticed your property tax statement has a section called “Special Tax District”? You will probably see an annual tax for...
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Jul 2, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Votes Left Behind
One of the things campaign strategists look at is where votes are being “left on the table”. These are voters who should have voted but...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Young voters
There is a great deal of interest among local Democrats to engage younger voters. They have a much higher propensity to vote for Dems...
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Jun 18, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Are your neighbors registered to vote?
Do you recognize the map below? It’s LD3 by Census Block rather than by Voting Precinct. Congressional Districts, Legislative Districts...
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Jun 11, 20232 min read
Data Snacks: In honor of Flag Day
Flag Day is June 14. Instead of charts and maps, this week I’m going to share a story about flags. For more than two decades I would fly...
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Jun 4, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Board of Supervisors may be our best contests of 2024
Update: Daniel Valenzuela has entered the race for BOS3! Learn more about Daniel here: https://danielforaz.com/ The Maricopa County Board...
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May 28, 20232 min read
Data Snacks: PEVL to AEVL
On May 11, 2021, Governor Ducey signed SB1485 into law. It changed the Permanent Early Voting List to the Active Early Voting List. PEVL...
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May 21, 20232 min read
Data Snacks: Inactive and “missing” voters
You may have heard that Maricopa County has “lost” many voters. The County still has almost 80,000 fewer registered Democrats now than in...
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May 16, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Independents have landed
The Maricopa County and AZ Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, have released the April Voter Registration data. The good news: We’re Still...
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May 7, 20232 min read
Data Snacks: Let’s talk about Nominating Petition signatures
This election cycle we can expect to see lots of petitions – LOTS. Currently, we estimate about 65 possible races open in LD3. There are...
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Apr 30, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: From Mid-Term to a Presidential Year
The difference in turnout between a mid-term election like the one we just had in 2022 and a presidential year election has averaged...
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Apr 23, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Election Dates and the PPE
We have Primary and General Elections every two years, always even-numbered ones. Arizona also has four Municipal and Jurisdictional...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Congressional Contests
There is a lot of buzz right now about Congressional District contests. It seems like everyone wants to run for Congress. Congressional...
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Apr 9, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Partisanship
Forget about Democrats, Republicans, and Independents for a moment. In Maricopa County, 53% of the voters are highly partisan. They...
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Apr 2, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Demographic Rankings
Demographics help us understand our population and customize message delivery. Legislative District 3 has the largest number of...
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Mar 27, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Electing Electors
The November 2024 election seems far away. It’s not. We are officially LESS THAN ONE YEAR from the quadrennial Presidential Preference...
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Mar 19, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Red Districts have the biggest impact
LD3 is a deeply Republican leaning district. It isn’t the reddest. That distinction belongs to LD30 on the west side of the state,...
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Mar 12, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: Unincorporated LD3
Last week we introduced our charter cites of Phoenix and Scottsdale, plus our 3 Towns of Fountain Hills, Carefree and Cave Creek. The...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
Data Snacks: LD3 Municipal Governments
Towns typically elect their Mayor and Council members in August Primary Elections. The state moved Primaries to August a few years ago,...
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