For campaigns looking to gain an edge with Hispanic voters, a new study links advertising on television in Spanish with a “statistically significant” increase in turnout of Latinx voters. It’s the latest research to show [...]
A $1 Million Increase in Spanish TV Advertising Spending Predicts an Average Increase of 0.15% Points in Latinx Turnout at the Precinct Level Increased Spending on Spanish-language Ads Drove Turnout Increases in Key Markets: Los [...]
Early Vote Data to be Updated in Live-Time Washington, D.C. – Today, TargetSmart, a Democratic political analytics firm, launched an updated version of TargetEarly, the first-of-its-kind dashboard of state-by-state early vote data that was first [...]
As nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates descend upon Detroit for next week’s debate, the state of Michigan’s electorate -- and what that portends for the 2020 election -- couldn’t be more important. Having voted [...]
Following an electrifying Senate race where Beto O’Rourke’s campaign nearly claimed Ted Cruz’s Senate seat, an energized youth vote may spell trouble for Donald Trump, John Cornyn, and vulnerable House Republicans in 2020. A new [...]
A new TargetSmart analysis reveals a shift toward a younger and more diverse electorate in Arizona, solidifying its status as an emergent swing state ahead of the 2020 election. The analysis finds that more than [...]
Commercial voter files hold great promise for studying certain aspects of American politics. These files, compiled by private vendors from administrative data collected by state and local governments, aim to get records for every [...]
Young voters are notoriously absent at midterms, but experts say this year could be different, in part because of the political activism surrounding guns. A July analysis from polling firm TargetSmart looked at the change in millennial [...]
In an effort to provide Democratic candidates and progressive organizations with effective, affordable communication tools, TargetSmart, the leading data provider to Democratic campaigns and causes, has partnered with SpeakEasy Political – a self-serve political ad [...]
YOUTH WAVE. Younger voters are notoriously bad at showing up to vote, especially in midterm elections, but a new analysis of primary elections in 2018 suggests they are doing better this year. TargetSmart, a Democratic [...]
