Congressional Competitive Index & Analysis
Election Competitiveness Postmortem
The Congressional Competitiveness Index (CCI) is back for a fourth round following the release of the End of Year FEC reports, and a lot has happened since our last quarterly release. In this report, we will take an expansive look at the 2024 election cycle and see how it compares to past election cycles and where democracy deserts remain that could be brought to competition next cycle.
The Final Stretch
The Congressional Competitiveness Index (CCI) is back for a third round following the release of the Q3 FEC reports, and a lot has happened since our last quarterly release. As we near the final stretch, parties are putting more districts online, resulting in far fewer democracy deserts.
Not Like Us
Yes, young and nonwhite voters vote Democratic at higher rates than the population overall. That doesn’t mean they’re overwhelmingly liberal/left-leaning on issues.
Measuring Democracy
The CCI is a comprehensive score measuring both how competitive each U.S. House district is and to what extent each party is contesting the race.
Colorado’s Disengaged Depolarizers
This week, Welcome Democracy Institute (WDI), released a new poll that studies Colorado’s “disengaged depolarizers,” the non-party affiliated voters who vote in general elections, but often eschew primaries.