Cicero Archives

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Local Redistricting is Transforming California Cities

By Luke McKinstry on February 27th, 2020

Redistricting is happening across cities in California in an effort to make representation more equitable. View our map to see where this is happening and why.

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U.S. Officials Who Left Office in 2019 and Why

By Niki LaGrone on February 20th, 2020

Who left office in 2019? Why? The Cicero Data team mapped the U.S. officials who left office before the end of their term in 2019.

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Without Local News, I Can’t Do My Job

By Stephanie Thome on December 5th, 2019

The Cicero Team often relies on local news websites to keep our elected official data up to date. However, local news is on the decline and websites are harder to navigate. This post discusses the impact the lack of local election results may have on civic engagement.

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Spatial Analysis

Exploring the Urban-Rural Divide through Politicians’ Social Media

By Luke McKinstry on July 23rd, 2019

In this blog we look at how urban-rural differences play out in the way elected officials adopt social media and hope to shed light on this supposed wedge in a divided country.

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Trends in Local Elections in 2019

By Daniel McGlone on July 1st, 2019

Many U.S. cities opt for spring elections. We tracked almost 60 local elections happening throughout the U.S. since March. We discuss partisan trends and elected official turnover rates.

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Make an Election Calendar with D3.js and Observable Notebooks

By Luke McKinstry on May 14th, 2019

We made a quick election calendar using the Cicero database and Observable Notebooks. This tutorial shows how you can replicate using D3.js.