Patrick RuffiniinEchelon IndicatorsAmerica is Headed for Record Turnout. Here’s What That Looks Like.U.S. general election turnout is likely to break through 150 million votes for the first time in history. Based on our turnout modeling…10 min read·Oct 21, 2020--2--2
Patrick RuffiniThe Myth of the White Suburban Swing VoterSoccer moms, security moms, Zoom moms.·5 min read·Jun 15, 2020--1--1
Patrick RuffiniinGENHow Permanent Work-From-Home Could Help Repair America’s Partisan DivideGiving workers the chance to do their jobs from anywhere in the country helps push back against the ‘big sort’ of red and blue areas·7 min read·May 26, 2020--6--6
Patrick RuffiniMuting Trump: An ExperimentA few weeks ago, I decided to run an experiment: to create a Twitter experience as free of any mention of President Donald Trump as humanly…4 min read·Sep 3, 2018--2--2
Patrick RuffiniThe Media’s Double Standard on Privacy and Cambridge AnalyticaYour Facebook data was being used by countless organizations for years, including Obama’s 2012 campaign·5 min read·Mar 20, 2018--32--32
Patrick RuffiniWhat’s Up with YouGov’s UK Election Model?Heading down the stretch of the UK election, there’s quite a bit of disagreement among pollsters on the exact magnitude of the Conservative…7 min read·Jun 4, 2017--1--1
Patrick RuffiniinEchelon IndicatorsMapping the Demography of the 2016 ElectionIf the polls are right, we could see a dramatic and historic shift in the allegiances of white voters on different sides of the educational…5 min read·Nov 8, 2016----
Patrick RuffiniinSoapboxMissing the Small Donor Boat Shows Trump’s Failure as a BusinessmanOn Tuesday, 372 days after first descending the escalator to announce his candidacy, Donald Trump sent his first fundraising email of the…6 min read·Jun 22, 2016--1--1
Patrick RuffiniDonald Trump, The Establishment CandidateDonald Trump may well be burning down the Republican establishment, but the irony is that he’s doing it with many of the same voters who…7 min read·Mar 27, 2016--2--2
Patrick RuffiniinEchelon IndicatorsMany people have criticized media polls this cycle because the respondents included in (often tiny)…We had the chance to put this theory to the test in South Carolina. The two nights before the primary, we interviewed 935 South Carolina…2 min read·Feb 23, 2016----