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By Joe Garland, Director - Analytics In the months leading up to the election in Virginia, much was made about Governor Youngkin and the Republican party’s investment in early voting, a stark contrast to the consistent criticism of the practice from former President Trump and many of his staunch supporters. Despite the Democratic sweep in Virginia, TargetSmart set out [...]
TARA Group CEO and TargetSmart Senior Advisor Tom Bonier wrote a guest essay for the New York Times on the growing saliency of abortion rights and the impact the issue will have on the 2024 elections. You can read the full piece here – a few key excerpts are below: With two election cycles after the decision in Dobbs [...]
Early vote tool also features data from New Jersey, Mississippi, and Kentucky Hi all, In less than a couple of weeks, voters in Virginia will head to the polls and cast their ballots in a critical off-year election. Money has poured into the state from both Democrats and Republicans as control of the General Assembly hangs in the balance. [...]
When Wisconsin voters went to the polls to decide the future of the state’s Supreme Court in April, many had it pegged as one of the most impactful elections in the state’s history. The court is set to decide the future of abortion rights, gerrymandering, and much more. The race gained national importance, set fundraising records, and proved to [...]
By Tom Bonier, CEO Heading into yesterday’s special election in the Buckeye state, many questioned if the abortion issue still wielded the political power it has over the past year - in Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin - and other states where abortion rights were under attack. Some argued that Democrats have focused too much on abortion rights and the issue lacked [...]
By Alexander Falco, Strategic Analyst, TargetSmart Over the course of the last few election cycles, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters have had a significant impact on national, state and local elections. In May of 2021, TargetSmart analyzed the voting bloc’s unprecedented impact on the 2020 election, finding that the total number of ballots cast by AAPI voters [...]
For Immediate Release June 2, 2023 Contact: Press@TargetSmart.com Washington, DC - Today, TargetSmart, the leading provider of political data for campaigns and advocacy organizations, announced that Albert Morales has joined the firm as Director, Sales - Services. With more than two decades of experience advising progressive candidates and causes, Morales brings a data-driven interdisciplinary approach to TargetSmart. Since TargetSmart [...]
Last Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin overwhelmingly backed Janet Protasiewicz, the pro-choice Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge, altering the makeup of a court that’s been in conservative control for the last 15 years. It was a monumental victory in a state where a woman’s right to choose has come under attack and gerrymandering has helped Republicans build large majorities in [...]
In the days leading up to the November midterms, pundits on both sides of the aisle were predicting a tough night for Democrats. We now know that the conventional wisdom was just wrong. But why? Pundits - and strategists - believed the hype, downplaying Democrats’ electoral chances largely based on three falses premises: Democrats couldn’t break the historic trend. [...]
