You don’t have to tell me twice: Additional text message reminders for confirming volunteer attendance for Mobilize event
This study tested the efficacy of sending an additional personal text message reminder to volunteers who have RSVP’d for an event in boosting event turnout.
The skill of the chase 2: Do chaser postcards help to amplify the utility of an earlier voter contact?
Abstract: This study tested the efficacy of postcards that follow up on a successful voter contact made by a campaign in increasing voter turnout. Six state legislative campaigns in 4 states provided SDAN with a list of people that they had successfully contacted and identified as supporters through phonebanking or canvassing. A randomly chosen half […]
The Power of Representation
Political Director Gaby Goldstein caught up with a few of our historic candidates, now legislators, to talk about what representation means to them, what thoughts they might share with others who are looking for ways to build that reflective democracy, and why diverse representation is such a powerful force for good in our state chambers.
Blue waves: Do 2 waves of primary GOTV postcards increase voter turnout?
This study sought to determine if voter turnout among low-to-mid turnout propensity, high support voters could be improved by sending a GOTV/voter education postcard to voters ahead of each of the 2020 state and presidential primaries in Florida, Georgia, and Minnesota.
A culture of voting: Does early, repeated voter contact help boost odd year voter turnout?
This study sought to determine if sending 3 waves of handwritten postcards to high support, mid-low turnout propensity voters could increase voter turnout for the 2019 Virginia, Louisiana, and Mississippi primary and general elections.
The 2020 Sister District Impact Report
This report summarizes our achievements in field and fundraising during the 2020 cycle, discusses the growth of our programs and volunteer teams/infrastructure, and the experiences/outcomes for the campaigns we supported.
The ladder of engagement: Can we move volunteers from lower stakes to higher stakes volunteering?
This pilot study explored whether showing volunteers an educational video about the relative value of various volunteer activities could move them “up the ladder of engagement” to more high stakes volunteer activities.
The skill of the chase: Do chaser postcards help to amplify the utility of an earlier voter contact?
This pilot study tested whether sending a handwritten postcard to a voter, to follow up on a successful voter contact made by a campaign earlier that year, could increase voter turnout.
State legislatures in the 2020 election: what happened?
None of the state chambers targeted by Democrats flipped in 2020. As in any complex system, many factors likely contributed to these results. Let’s take a look at three possible groups of explanations that may have contributed to state legislative outcomes: gerrymandering, roll-off/ticket-splitting, and enthusiasm/awareness gap. This analysis aims to describe what happened, but not […]
2020 Election Results: Early Analysis
The 2020 election results are still coming in, and we will continue to provide analysis. In the meantime, here are a few highlights.
