Firstly, I have a website now! How cool is that? I am not thrilled about how Substack has been handling Nazis on their site so with my dad’s help I got this set up! I’m a bit disappointed that I’m losing all the comments people have made, but it is worth the switch. Hopefully y’all…

In December The New York Time’s The Daily released a podcast about Nikki Haley and her recent success in early primary state polls. They noted her rise of over DeSantis, and her seeming position as the most viable Trump alternative. I appreciated their analysis on her status as a factional candidate that really only currently appeals…

Recently, my allergist decided to use the first half of my appointment to ask about when, if ever, Democrats will flip Texas. I have been asked at grocery stores, board game clubs, and my youngest cousin’s bat mitzvah. I am making a little series of my favorite graphs from work to answer the question from…

My job naturally leads to me engaging with plenty of different people about what they think the future holds. The other day when I went to the doctor he asked me to prognosticate about the future of Democrats in Texas. I generally dodge these questions because I mostly want to talk about my allergy medication…

Currently, gerrymandered districts are known for their ugly, weird appearances such as many of the ones I showed in my last blog post (which I recommend you read before this one). However, gerrymandered districts don’t have to look this way. A youtuber named AlphaPhoenix released a video two years ago demonstrating that you can gerrymander North Carolina…

Halloween is sixth months away as of yesterday, so I think it is a perfect time to share a truly scary vision of how gerrymandered districts might look when we reach the 2032 cycle. This will be approximately 3 parts and go over what gerrymandering is like today, and will be like in the future.…

How data analysis can take political programs to the next level Recently, I gave a presentation on one of my favorite projects from my last campaign. I’m quite proud of the work I did on this project so I wanted to share it here as well. I’ll add little explanations beneath each slide Call Time…

I’ve been working really hard on my campaign this Summer and accordingly have had a lot less time for blogging than I hoped. I have several drafts I haven’t had any time to polish but such is life. At the very least I have been doing really good work. For instance, check out what I…

The tragic shooting in Buffalo, NY was committed by a man fighting “the great replacement”, a conspiracy theory that has been floating around right wing spaces for the last decade. This conspiracy theory is a modern reskin of “white genocide” conspiracy theories in which a cabal of Jews in some way or another is responsible…

Last quarter, I wrote a research paper on the political establishment. The political establishment is a murky concept and there is a lot to think about. However, surprisingly, the most difficult decisions during the project were on how to consider what data I should use to measure my variables. The problem put simply, is that…