Joe Loffredo
@jloffredo.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science @ MIT. Was: Client Success @ Civis Analytics, Rochester ‘20.
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NYC map shaded by vote margin!
We collected very granular precinct data and aggregated it to neighborhoods people actually recognize
Bushwick, Flushing, Upper West Side, etc.
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H/T @mitelectionlab.bsky.social @chriskenny.bsky.social @corymccartan.com @simko.bsky.social
We collected very granular precinct data and aggregated it to neighborhoods people actually recognize
Bushwick, Flushing, Upper West Side, etc.
datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Wrd72/
H/T @mitelectionlab.bsky.social @chriskenny.bsky.social @corymccartan.com @simko.bsky.social
2025 NYC Mayoral Race by Neighborhood
CBS News estimates of how different parts of the city voted
datawrapper.dwcdn.net
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NYC map shaded by vote margin!
We collected very granular precinct data and aggregated it to neighborhoods people actually recognize
Bushwick, Flushing, Upper West Side, etc.
datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Wrd72/
H/T @mitelectionlab.bsky.social @chriskenny.bsky.social @corymccartan.com @simko.bsky.social
We collected very granular precinct data and aggregated it to neighborhoods people actually recognize
Bushwick, Flushing, Upper West Side, etc.
datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Wrd72/
H/T @mitelectionlab.bsky.social @chriskenny.bsky.social @corymccartan.com @simko.bsky.social
Reforms to improve representation fall short when those whose behavior they aim to constrain implement them.
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
July 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reforms to improve representation fall short when those whose behavior they aim to constrain implement them.
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
With Asya Magazinnik and Michael Hankinson, we show how incumbent city councils drew district lines to protect themselves at the cost of minority representation. 🧵1/
Has anyone collected decennial Census demographics at the state legislative district-level going? If so, by any chance have data for 1990 and 2000 cycles?
April 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Has anyone collected decennial Census demographics at the state legislative district-level going? If so, by any chance have data for 1990 and 2000 cycles?
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@JoeyLoffredo and I have just finished the draft of a paper for this weekend's 2024 election conference at @SaintAnselm. We've posted it to SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Here's the abstract and one of the graphs (showing how quickly states reported 90% of their votes in '20 & '24).
March 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@JoeyLoffredo and I have just finished the draft of a paper for this weekend's 2024 election conference at @SaintAnselm. We've posted it to SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Here's the abstract and one of the graphs (showing how quickly states reported 90% of their votes in '20 & '24).
Has anyone collected roll call votes (aka “record votes”) from Texas during the 81st (2009) and 82nd (2011) legislative sessions?
February 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Has anyone collected roll call votes (aka “record votes”) from Texas during the 81st (2009) and 82nd (2011) legislative sessions?
🚨New working paper🚨
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
December 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM
🚨New working paper🚨
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Suyeol Yun and I are excited to present an early draft of a paper presenting the maximal use case of AI for political science. We show how LLMs can be extended to act as "comprehensive research assistants."
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....
Our article about cast vote records in the 2020 election was published in Nature Scientific Data! The data is on Harvard Dataverse ready to be used!
nature.com/articles/s4159…
nature.com/articles/s4159…
December 3, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Our article about cast vote records in the 2020 election was published in Nature Scientific Data! The data is on Harvard Dataverse ready to be used!
nature.com/articles/s4159…
nature.com/articles/s4159…
Does anyone know which states report which bills groups engage in lobby activity on? Wisconsin is a prime example of what I'm looking for. Colorado too. Trying to map which types of groups engage in activity on election bills.
August 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Does anyone know which states report which bills groups engage in lobby activity on? Wisconsin is a prime example of what I'm looking for. Colorado too. Trying to map which types of groups engage in activity on election bills.
🚨New paper in POQ🚨
Excited to share my first publication in POQ’s issue on public trust in elections! We find that how post-election audits are conducted is more important for voter confidence than what audits find. Link: doi.org/10.1093/poq/....
Excited to share my first publication in POQ’s issue on public trust in elections! We find that how post-election audits are conducted is more important for voter confidence than what audits find. Link: doi.org/10.1093/poq/....
Trust in the Count: Improving Voter Confidence with Post-election Audits
Abstract. Post-election audits are thought to bolster voter confidence in elections, but it is unclear which aspects of audits drive public trust. Using pr
doi.org
July 12, 2024 at 1:55 PM
🚨New paper in POQ🚨
Excited to share my first publication in POQ’s issue on public trust in elections! We find that how post-election audits are conducted is more important for voter confidence than what audits find. Link: doi.org/10.1093/poq/....
Excited to share my first publication in POQ’s issue on public trust in elections! We find that how post-election audits are conducted is more important for voter confidence than what audits find. Link: doi.org/10.1093/poq/....
This is a fantastic resource and glad to see it out for publication!
Our paper introducing the "American Local Government Elections Database" is online at Scientific Data. The data includes 78,000 candidates in 57,000 electoral contests in races for seven distinct local political offices in most medium and large cities and counties over the last three decades.
American local government elections database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - American local government elections database
www.nature.com
December 19, 2023 at 7:21 PM
This is a fantastic resource and glad to see it out for publication!