One Year In: What Do Pittsburghers Think of Their New Mayor?

Just over a year ago, our fellow Pittsburgh residents elected a new mayor, former City Councilman Bill Peduto. Peduto swept into office as something of an outsider to the old school Democratic political machine that had dominated the city for decades. His progressive brand of politics and policy represented a new frontier for a relatively […]

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Forecasting the Pittsburgh Mayoral Primary

We don’t envy political pollsters in a race like the Pittsburgh Mayoral Primary. When an election is likely to be decided by the votes of fewer than 45,000 city residents, even getting 400 people to answer a phone interview is no minor (or inexpensive) feat. Consider, moreover, that other public polls identified as much as […]

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Our Final (Reported) Numbers on the Allegheny County Exec Race

With 5 days to go until the Nov. 8 elections, we are happy to share our latest analysis on the election between Democratic County Executive Candidate Rich Fitzgerald and Republican Candidate D. Raja. We will run one final data mining exercise on Monday November 7th but will keep those numbers private until after the election. […]

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