<commit_before># The Republic 🇺🇸
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HlATpsNOlkDq6LC/giphy.gif" alt="olivia-pope" align="right">

Local Connecticut Election &amp; Voter Data Analytics Projects. The name of the code repository is taken from [_The Republic_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)) and of course [Scandal](http://abc.go.com/shows/scandal).

_I'm interested in learning about data analytics for election campaigns and will be storing papers, links, and projects as I learn about new statistics, modeling and Bayesian approaches._ 

## Project Ideas 💡

1. ✅[Exploratory Data Analysis of 2016 National and Regional Election results](https://jasdumas.github.io/the-republic/exploratory_data_analysis_sots_election_app.html) from the [election center app](http://ctemspublic.pcctg.net/#/home)
     1. **Data Source**: [2016 Presidential Election Results data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jakekara/ct-election-2016-certified-data/master/output/merged_state_votes_pretty.csv) - courtesy of <EMAIL>

2. Third party analysis
     1. _Is there a growing interest in third party candidates?_

3. Correlation analysis of historical Party success and flips in each district
     1. _What makes a district (or county in CT) flip in majority?_

4. Age cohort progression model: 
     1. _Do voters of a certain age cohort vote consistently each election cycle as they progress in age?_

5. Social media sentiment for 2018 Governor candidates
     1. _Can the 2018 Governor race be predicted given social media influence?_
     
6. 2017 Municipal Election
     1. Ballot info: http://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Town-Ballots/2017-Town-Ballots

7. ... (got any cool ideas for me? :arrow_right: [email me](mailto:<EMAIL>))

## Bookshelf 📚

- ![A Bayesian Prediction Model for the U.S. Presidential Election](http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/site/file/Rigdon2009.pdf)
- [How The Obama Campaign Used Predictive Analytics To Influence Voters](https://go.forrester.com/blogs/13-06-27-how_the_obama_campaign_used_predictive_analytics_to_influence_voters/)
- [How Obama’s Team Used Big Data to Rally Voters: How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters.](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/)

## Events 🎫

- ["Volunteers offer their skills pro bono to progressive women running for office"](https://twitter.com/lkherman/status/928081355040280577)
<commit_msg>new article in readme<commit_after># The Republic 🇺🇸
<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HlATpsNOlkDq6LC/giphy.gif" alt="olivia-pope" align="right">

Local Connecticut Election &amp; Voter Data Analytics Projects. The name of the code repository is taken from [_The Republic_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)) and of course [Scandal](http://abc.go.com/shows/scandal).

_I'm interested in learning about data analytics for election campaigns and will be storing papers, links, and projects as I learn about new statistics, modeling and Bayesian approaches._ 

## Project Ideas 💡

1. ✅[Exploratory Data Analysis of 2016 National and Regional Election results](https://jasdumas.github.io/the-republic/exploratory_data_analysis_sots_election_app.html) from the [election center app](http://ctemspublic.pcctg.net/#/home)
     1. **Data Source**: [2016 Presidential Election Results data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jakekara/ct-election-2016-certified-data/master/output/merged_state_votes_pretty.csv) - courtesy of <EMAIL>

2. Third party analysis
     1. _Is there a growing interest in third party candidates?_

3. Correlation analysis of historical Party success and flips in each district
     1. _What makes a district (or county in CT) flip in majority?_

4. Age cohort progression model: 
     1. _Do voters of a certain age cohort vote consistently each election cycle as they progress in age?_

5. Social media sentiment for 2018 Governor candidates
     1. _Can the 2018 Governor race be predicted given social media influence?_
     
6. 2017 Municipal Election
     1. Ballot info: http://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Election-Services/Town-Ballots/2017-Town-Ballots

7. ... (got any cool ideas for me? :arrow_right: [email me](mailto:<EMAIL>))

## Bookshelf 📚

- ![A Bayesian Prediction Model for the U.S. Presidential Election](http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/site/file/Rigdon2009.pdf)
- [How The Obama Campaign Used Predictive Analytics To Influence Voters](https://go.forrester.com/blogs/13-06-27-how_the_obama_campaign_used_predictive_analytics_to_influence_voters/)
- [How Obama’s Team Used Big Data to Rally Voters: How President Obama’s campaign used big data to rally individual voters.](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/509026/how-obamas-team-used-big-data-to-rally-voters/)
- [Here's How To Get Started In Election Data Analytics](https://www.forbes.com/sites/metabrown/2016/11/29/free-voter-data-helps-campaigns-gain-data-edge/#51b496f724eb)

## Events 🎫

- ["Volunteers offer their skills pro bono to progressive women running for office"](https://twitter.com/lkherman/status/928081355040280577)

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