Electoralism
A place for discussing polls, election results, campaign dynamics, and electoral analysis, qualitative and quantitative, as well as meta-discussion around polling and polls.
Bring data, methods, and specific claims. If you want to argue values or do candidate/party cheerleading, there are better communities for that.
What belongs here
- Polls (public preffered, paywalled- if the data can be scraped and reposted), crosstabs, trendlines, aggregators
- Forecasts/models, scenario analysis, win-probability discussions (with assumptions)
- Election results (official tallies, turnout, swings, maps)
- Electoral systems, redistricting, ballot measures, primaries, coalitions
- Campaign strategy as analysis (messages, coalitions, persuasion vs turnout, etc.)
- Historical election comparisons and “what changed?” breakdowns
What doesn’t
- Memes / dunk posts / “team sports” threads
- Calls to action (“vote for/against X”, organizing, fundraising)
- Conspiracy bait, unsourced fraud claims, or “everybody knows…” posts
- Personal attacks, harassment, or bigotry
Rules
- Stay on topic. Elections, polling, voting behavior, election law/process, campaigns, and outcomes.
- Source factual claims. If it’s checkable, link it (official results, poll toplines, methodology, datasets, transcripts, etc.).
- No editorialized titles for links. Use the original headline when possible; add context in the body/comments.
- Poll posts must include the basics (see template below). Low-info “look at this number” posts may be removed.
- Argue the claim, not the person. No insults directed at other users; no “bot/shill” accusations.
- No misinformation. Claims about voting procedures/results need reputable sourcing. Repeated posting of false election info = bans.
- No spam/self-promo. Original work is welcome, but disclose conflicts (work for a campaign, pollster, PAC, etc.) and bring data/methods.
