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Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate Will Help Female Swing Voters Decide

On October 2, 2008 By bill greer

In the past we blogged about Sarah Palin’s reach with women voters in key swing states. Tonight’s debate will be a turning point for undecided voters who are basing their election decision on what is said and presented tonight. A Washington Post-ABC News poll shows 6 in [...]

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Links List 9.26.08

On September 26, 2008 By Sean Gorman

Is the geospatial industry affected by the world’s financial situation? Not as much as you would think, according to Jeff Thurston and Matt Ball of V1 Magazine . Thurston claims the geospatial industry tools are relevant because they are based on reality. Ball states that as long as geospatial technologies serves [...]

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Dataset of the Day: Voting Trends for Women in Swing States

On September 10, 2008 By bill greer

The biggest story in political news lately has been Sarah Palin, John McCain’s choice for Vice President of the United States of America. To understand how McCain’s choice in VP could impact the election we need to look at a few issues, including demographics in the key swing states; [...]

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The New Comeback kid vis the New Kid on the block: 2008 New Hampshire Democratic Primary

On January 10, 2008 By admin

Clinton’s come-from-behind stunning victory in the New Hampshire Primary makes her the New Comeback Kid. Below is a heatmap of spatial distribution of Clinton’s votes by cities/towns and places in the southern New Hampshire.

We at FortiusOne further analyzed voting patterns to find spatial distribution of where Obama, the [...]

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Importance of Independent Voters in New Hampshire primary

On January 8, 2008 By admin

Of the 850,000 or so registered voters, nearly 44% are Independents, 30% registered Republicans and even smaller percentage (26%) are registered Democrats. And since these Indepenedent voters can vote for either a Republican or a Democratic candidate, they are indispensable for candidates from both parties.

The current surge in polls, both for Obama ( Continue Reading →

Romney's share of Iowa Caucus votes

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350, 600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Republicans share was a little over 28%, i.e., more than 116,000. That is still just 20% of the all those who are registered as Republicans. And they have managed to change the direction of the GOP nomination by voting in record numbers [...]

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Thompson share of Iowa Caucus votes

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350, 600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Republicans share was a little over 28%, i.e., more than 116,000. That is still just 20% of the all those who are registered as Republicans. And they have managed to change the direction of the GOP nomination by voting in record numbers [...]

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Clinton share of Iowa caucus vote by county

On January 4, 2008 By admin

Of the record number of votes (nearly 350,600) cast in yesterday’s caucuses, Democrats share was a little over 71%, i.e., more than 250,000. That is nearly 38% of the total registered Democrats. Iowa also have very large number of Independents and many of who may have voted for one of the Democratic candidates. Clinton with [...]

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Obama campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

On December 4, 2007 By admin

Obama campaign has spent well over $44.5 million in the first nine months of 2007 in over 600 cities and 1200 zipcode areas across the lower 48 states. The top five states account for nearly 64% of the money spent. These are:
1. IL $11.9 million
2. MA $3.9 million
3. PA [...]

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Clinton campaign spending: Jan-Sep, 2007

On December 3, 2007 By admin

Clinton campaign spent nearly $38 million (see the note at end) in nearly 1200 zipcode area in over 600 cities across the lower 48 states. The five states ranked in terms of the highest spending are:
1. DC $7.8 million
2. VA $6.5 million
3. NJ $3.9 million
4. UT $3.3 [...]

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