Calculating Political Campaign Issues and Voter Turnout
All elections boards keep records of the results in every political campaign election going back for several years. These records are public records and can be obtained at you local elections office. The people who work in elections offices are usually pretty good about helping you find what you need. We have always found them to be polite and helpful.
You should keep in mind, however, that elections offices are always in a boom or bust cycle. Shortly before the filing deadline for the primary campaign season they are very busy, so if you go in then and ask to see the statistics, they might give you short shrift.
A week later, they will probably have plenty of time and be glad to help with your campaign issues. The best time is long before the filing deadline, not so much because it is easier for the elections office clerks, but because the earlier you pick your number, the sooner you will know what you have to do to win.
Analyzing the campaign issues and statistics is pretty simple. You look to see how other races turned out, paying particular attention to those years where there were races similar to yours. A three-way race is a lot different than a one-on-one political campaign, and of course the winning number of votes is lower.
If one year there was a hot local campaign issue, like a tax levy, it was likely to have increased voter turnout for that year and you have to take that into account when figuring out how many likely voters there will be in your particular election.
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