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 […]

2019 Post-Election Analysis

Hand placing Election Notice for November 5 on door

We Flipped Virginia and Celebrate our First Win in Mississippi Election night 2019 was one for the books! Sister District returned to Virginia, where we got our start three years ago working on 13 races in the House of Delegates. This year, we helped seven new candidates to victory, and all of our 2017 alumni […]