Jonathan Robinson

Jonathan Robinson Director of Research Jonathan Robinson joined Catalist in 2013 as a Research Analyst. Today, as Director of Research in the Analytics Department, he works on a wide variety of research projects from various topics in survey methodology to improving Catalist’s best in class Vote Propensity models. He co-authored the What Happened in 2020…

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What Happened in 2022

What Happened™ in 2022 An Analysis of the 2022 Midterms This is the first in a series of reports on What Happened in the 2022 general election from the perspective of the Catalist voter database, the longest-running outside the two major political parties. This analysis examines national-level election results in the House and state-level results…

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Analysis

Catalist Analysis 2022 Elections What Happened 2022 (May 18, 2023) — Catalist’s comprehensive voter file analysis of the 2022 midterm, with demographic breakdowns and a comparison of heavily contested and less contested elections. Election Day Snapshot (November 8, 2022) — A snapshot of absentee and early voting data matched to the Catalist file as of…

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What Happened in the MN-01 Congressional Election? (2018)

What Happened in the MN-01 Congressional Election? (2018) Please note: The analysis below is based on an initial estimate of the 2018 electorate. Catalist released an updated analysis of the 2018 electorate in May 2019.   February 15, 2019 Author: Jonathan Robinson, Lead Research Scientist Just 1,315 votes separated Democrat Dan Feehan from victory over…

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What Happened in the ME-02 Congressional Election? (2018)

What Happened in the ME-02 Congressional Election? (2018) Please note: The analysis below is based on an initial estimate of the 2018 electorate. Catalist released an updated analysis of the 2018 electorate in May 2019.   February 1, 2019 Author: Jonathan Robinson, Lead Research Scientist at Catalist. It was never a given that Democrats would…

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What Happened in the Georgia Gubernatorial Election? (2018)

What Happened in the Georgia Gubernatorial Election? (2018) Please note: The analysis below is based on an initial estimate of the 2018 electorate. Catalist released an updated analysis of the 2018 electorate in May 2019.   December 13, 2018 Author: Jonathan Robinson, Lead Research Scientist The race for Governor in Georgia between Democrat and former…

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Kansas Win Mirrors Increased Democratic Engagement in Several Key States

Kansas Win Mirrors Increased Democratic Engagement in Several Key States Lead Author: Justine D’Elia-Kueper, Senior Data Scientist Coauthor: Yair Ghitza, Chief Scientist Abortion rights advocates won a significant victory in Kansas on Tuesday with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an anti-choice constitutional amendment 59 to 41 percent. The election saw remarkably high turnout among Democratic voters, a…

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What Happened in Virginia

What Happened™ in Virginia By Yair Ghitza and Jonathan Robinson Edited by Aaron Huertas, Site design by Melissa Amarawardana This report would not have been possible without the dedication of many on the Catalist team, whose hard work maintaining this national database is paramount to our ability to produce this report. The authors would also like…

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What Happened in Wisconsin

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What Happened™ in Wisconsin By Jonathan Robinson Interactive Data Visualizations by Justine D’Elia-Kueper, Chase Stolworthy, and Sarah Grant. Edited by Aaron Huertas, Yair Ghitza, and Meg Schwenzfeier. Site design by Melissa Amarawardana. We’d like to thank our partners whose insights and contributions have been invaluable in making sense of the 2020 election. Further, this report would…

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What Happened in Nevada

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What Happened™ in Nevada By Jonathan Robinson Interactive Data Visualizations by Justine D’Elia-Kueper, Chase Stolworthy, and Sarah Grant. Edited by Aaron Huertas, Yair Ghitza, and Meg Schwenzfeier. Site design by Melissa Amarawardana. We’d like to thank our partners whose insights and contributions have been invaluable in making sense of the 2020 election. Further, this report would…

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