The Economic Geography of the #MAgov Primary
You guys have you seen Poll Vault yet? It’s a wicked great election season tag-team between WBUR, MassINC Polling and CommonWealth, with a deep focus on data-driven reporting. We’re like Voltron, just...
View ArticleCharting the Weight of Nonwhite Voters
I have a new post up at WBUR’s Poll Vault project on the changing demographics of the Massachusetts electorate, and what it means for election returns in cities. And here’s the interactive data...
View ArticleDems Drown in Outside Money
New post up at WBUR’s Poll Vault project on the source, and impact, of super PAC and union spending in the Massachusetts governor’s race. The short story is, there’s a ton of it, and also, it’s mostly...
View ArticleCharting the #MAgov Final
Poll Vault put a bow on the gubernatorial race recently. Here’s my contributions to the effort: one scatterplot showing the impact of local income in sealing Martha Coakley’s loss to Charlie Baker, and...
View ArticleOccupy Green Beer
There’s nothing especially wicked traditionally Irish about dying the Chicago River green, or swilling cheap booze from a styrofoam Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cup while a dude in full Imperial Stormtrooper...
View ArticleDunkin’ Uber Alles
The good folks at Esquire were wondering why every other person name-checking Boston on Twitter after the Marathon bombing also name-checked Dunkin’ Donuts. Here’s an essay I wrote to answer that...
View ArticleMapping Voter Turnout in Boston
As part of a recent Boston mayoral campaign sketch for CommonWealth, I mapped turnout rates in Boston. Local races draw fewer voters than statewide or national races, so to keep things constant, I...
View ArticleScenes from #Mayor4LivableBos
Last night I had the terrifying assignment/honor of co-moderating a Boston mayoral forum on transportation and livable communities. A gazillion people showed up and I somehow managed to not pass out...
View Article