Tracking the City of Pittsburgh Library Referendum

After such a positive response to the research we published on the County Executive race in Allegheny County, PA, we decided to delve into an even more-local issue, namely, the pending vote in the City of Pittsburgh on a referendum to introduce a 0.25mil special tax on city residents to support operations and maintenance of […]

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Tracking the County Exec Race in Allegheny County (PA)

With five weeks to go until the election for Allegheny County Executive, we thought it would be fun to share some data we’ve been analyzing on the race between Democrat Rich Fitzgerald and Republican D. Raja. We will share updated results in two weeks, and again one day before the election (Nov. 7). This research […]

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In Which We Lay Ourselves at the Altar of the Pittsburgh Blog Community…

Jon Delano from KDKA is a good man. He spent a lot of time over the past several months learning about our technology, scrutinizing our methods, and measuring our predictions against outcomes. So when he called us for data about Mayor Ravenstahl’s popularity, we offered them without hesitation. Unfortunately, Jon’s story could only say so much about our methodology, […]

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