Michael McDonald
@ElectProject
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Professor at the University of Florida who specializes in American elections.
Gainesville, FL
Joined September 2012
My analysis of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut's early voting (all states with party registration and data where I can make a same-day 2024 comparisons)
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A rule-of-thumb forecast that might be informative moving forward is to take the special election margin shifts over the next year and divide by half. I explain here
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Posted VEP turnout rates for the 2025 statewide elections, with an analysis
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Updated the early vote analysis for California, where registered Democrats slightly improved their position from my update last Friday. They're going into today with a +5.5 point shift from 2024 in the early vote
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Last early vote update of the day from Virginia posted
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Continuing to update early voting analyses more states as data become available. New Jersey added most recently. You'll have to follow me on the other site where an algorithm doesn't control your feed if you want real time updates
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I added the first state with updated data -- Connecticut -- to my election even early vote analysis. I'll post updates to this post throughout the data as more states' data becomes available
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Posted a Virginia early voting analysis. Short story: Virginia may be tighter than New Jersey, but there's been one week less early voting at satellite early voting centers in large Democratic localities that is confounding the data
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My analysis of CA's early voting for Prop 50. CA has the highest level of voting among states where elections are taking place. There is a net 5.3 shift in party reg towards Democrats compared to the same day in 2024, boding well for passage of Prop 50
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Posted a New Mexico early vote analysis, which indicates a coming blue wave just like New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut
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If you want my early voting takes, a reminder you'll have to go to another site
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We added 2022 and 2024 election data for Indiana. Thanks to @ufelectionlab (@ElectProject , VEST) !!!
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I've updated my CPS turnout rate demographics and posted analysis
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I still post here to relay my substack postings that may be of interest to those not on B lu esKy, but really, if you're still here you need to rethink being on a platform that is actively controlling the information you see
techcrunch.com
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a
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With a Florida 2024 voter file with vote history released, I analyzed Florida's party registration voting patterns from 2020 to 2024
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North Carolina posted the records of who voted in the 2024 election, which makes it possible to examine changes in turnout among voters who are registered with a political party
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“Debra OConnell, the Disney executive who directly oversees ABC News, dined with Mr. Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in Palm Beach last Monday, according to two people briefed on their interaction.”
nytimes.com
The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations.
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I visualized Georgia voters' changing method of voting from the 2020 to the 2024 presidential elections
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I made a first cut pass on the dynamics of Trump's and Harris' support by voting method in four states where election results are reported by voting method
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