By Adam Pagnucco. Most readers of this site live in Montgomery County, as do I, and I bet a big majority of us think this is a good place to…
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Democratic Turnout, 2022 Primary: Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part One examined differences between communities in their turnout rate, something that should not surprise any political insiders in MoCo. Now let’s look at a more recent…
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Democratic Turnout, 2022 Primary: Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Any analysis of election results must start with turnout. Who voted? If you know that, then you have a head start on deciphering who won – and…
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Election Analysis Methodology
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By Adam Pagnucco. Yes dear readers, I am aware that the title of this post may be the most boring title of all time. But this post is necessary because…
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It’s Hard to Beat Incumbents
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By Adam Pagnucco. Recently, Bethesda Beat kicked off the primary season with news that County Executive Marc Elrich and most of the county council are running for reelection. That’s not…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Part Four illustrated the significant flows of political contributions from downcounty to candidates in public financing. Today, we shall see which communities lagged behind. Gaithersburg Gaithersburg combines…
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By Adam Pagnucco. There were huge differences in public financing participation by geography in 2018. In some areas, residents donated significant amounts of money to publicly-financed candidates which were enhanced…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part Two, we learned that downcounty accounts for less than one-quarter of the county’s population but comprised 52% of individual contributions eligible for matching funds to…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Downcounty exerts a disproportionate impact in voting for countywide offices. It also exerts disproportionate influence in public financing. Let’s begin analyzing why that is. The table below…
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By Adam Pagnucco. When Montgomery County passed public financing more than six years ago, many predictions were made. Public financing was supposed to empower small donors. (It did.) It was…