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Mapping Representation: Identifying Political Opportunities for Native Candidates Nationwide

Sep 304 min read

Mapping Representation: Identifying Political Opportunities for Native Candidates Nationwide

Our partner's vision for this project In our Bluebonnet Fellowship, we worked with Advance Native Political Leadership (ANPL), an...

Analyzing Political Candidates’ Public Statements in the Age of Social Media

Shreeya Chand

Nov 16, 20236 min read

Analyzing Political Candidates’ Public Statements in the Age of Social Media

Our Organization: The Black Clergy Collaborative of Memphis (TN) From April to July of 2023, my Bluebonnet Data team and I worked with...

Targeting Districts when Districts are Changing

Connor Gephart

Sep 28, 20234 min read

Targeting Districts when Districts are Changing

The Problem Money is a finite resource, and so is our time; there are only so many places that Progressive-leaning groups can invest in...

Updates for Usability: My Experience as a Web Developer for La Defensa

acastrofarias13

Sep 11, 20235 min read

Updates for Usability: My Experience as a Web Developer for La Defensa

This year I worked with Bluebonnet to support La Defensa, an organization based in Los Angeles advocating against pretrial incarceration....

Data-Driven Doorknocking: Census Data & Voter File Data for a Constituent-Centered Outreach Strategy

aniluck2005

Oct 3, 20225 min read

Data-Driven Doorknocking: Census Data & Voter File Data for a Constituent-Centered Outreach Strategy

Using census and voter file data to determine campaign communication strategy for Seth Blattman & Lorena Austin campaigns in AZ LD 9

Generating Voter Turnout Scores from Scratch

abode118

Sep 14, 20227 min read

Generating Voter Turnout Scores from Scratch

The Problem: Non-existent Voter Turnout Scores When hitting the campaign trail, the most fundamental question a campaign needs to answer...

From Classroom to Campaign: How I used regex & multithreading to collate opposition research

Brendan Schierloh

Aug 25, 20227 min read

From Classroom to Campaign: How I used regex & multithreading to collate opposition research

Conceptually in Class : Finding relevant applications of academia in industry The difference in practical concepts between the university...

Calculating a Win Number After Redistricting

Raaka Mukhopadhyay

Mar 25, 20226 min read

Calculating a Win Number After Redistricting

Impact of redistricting on Democratic strategy in Virginia House of Delegates District 63 for Delegate Lashresce Aird

Bluebonnet Data Fellowship Partner Guide

Becca Blais

Feb 25, 20226 min read

Bluebonnet Data Fellowship Partner Guide

This guide is meant to help you, the partner, best understand your relationship with your Bluebonnet Data team.

Campaign Data 101: Successful Data Case Studies & Helpful Resources (Part 4 of 4)

Becca Blais

Oct 22, 20214 min read

Campaign Data 101: Successful Data Case Studies & Helpful Resources (Part 4 of 4)

Welcome back to Campaign Data 101, where we break down the what, how, and why of using data to run an innovative and efficient campaign....

Campaign Data 101: Using Data in your Campaign in Finance & Internal Operations (Part 3 of 4)

Becca Blais

Oct 20, 20213 min read

Campaign Data 101: Using Data in your Campaign in Finance & Internal Operations (Part 3 of 4)

Welcome back to Campaign Data 101, where we break down the what, how, and why of using data to run an innovative and efficient campaign....

Campaign Data 101: Using Data in your Campaign for Field, Messaging, & Policy (Part 2 of 4)

Becca Blais

Oct 20, 20215 min read

Campaign Data 101: Using Data in your Campaign for Field, Messaging, & Policy (Part 2 of 4)

Welcome back to Campaign Data 101, where we break down the what, how, and why of using data to run an innovative and efficient campaign....

Campaign Data 101: How to think about Data if you're not a "Data Person" (Part 1 of 4)

Becca Blais

Oct 15, 20215 min read

Campaign Data 101: How to think about Data if you're not a "Data Person" (Part 1 of 4)

Welcome to Campaign Data 101, where we break down the what, how, and why of using data to run an innovative and efficient campaign. In...

Aedan Lombardo

Aug 24, 20215 min read

The 2020 Census: What Changed?

Overview A decennial count of all people residing in the United States is required by Article I, Section II of the Constitution. The...

HODP x Bluebonnet: Modeling Political District Similarity

Lauren Chen

Jun 1, 20214 min read

HODP x Bluebonnet: Modeling Political District Similarity

Lauren Chen, Alex Cheng, Richard Zhu Introduction This semester, a team of three at the Harvard Open Data Project, a student-faculty...

Paulette Jordan’s Run for the Idaho Senate:
Promoting Data Infrastructure Where it's Needed Most

Paul Dingus

May 28, 20214 min read

Paulette Jordan’s Run for the Idaho Senate: Promoting Data Infrastructure Where it's Needed Most

Idaho is facing the same mix of opportunity and frustration that troubles so many traditionally red states in the U.S. While there is a...

Chloe Maxmin’s Victory in Maine:
How a Data-Driven Mindset Led to Democratic Success

Paul Dingus

Apr 21, 20214 min read

Chloe Maxmin’s Victory in Maine: How a Data-Driven Mindset Led to Democratic Success

Even though Democrats won the presidency in 2020, it was a tough year for down-ballot progressives across the country. Though there were...

From Messy Election Data to Clean Visualizations

riyamzaman8

Feb 2, 20217 min read

From Messy Election Data to Clean Visualizations

Using Mapbox to Analyze Georgia’s 2020 Election Drop Box Distribution If you are looking to create a visualization based on election data...

Calculating a Win Number for a Special Election

Ben Herndon-Miller

Jan 19, 20213 min read

Calculating a Win Number for a Special Election

Calculating a win number is one of the first analyses any data team should provide when working with a campaign. Simply put, a win number...

Flipping Wisconsin: Why Deep Red Districts are Worth Our Effort

Paul Dingus

Dec 17, 20203 min read

Flipping Wisconsin: Why Deep Red Districts are Worth Our Effort

Bluebonnet has always prioritized red districts. We believe that investing in out-of-reach districts can make the difference for races up...

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