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Last updated on October 12, 2022

The Wall Street Journal

  • Ballotpedia's data on school board elections in Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin was used by The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board in a piece about school board recalls and how hot button issues, like Covid-19 and how schools teach race and gender, are impacting school board elections.[1]
A third of incumbents lost re-election, compared to an average of 18% in the races Ballotpedia tracked from 2018 to 2021.


Candidates who opposed woke instruction or Covid policies such as the shutdowns or mask mandates won 36% of the 334 seats in these districts. Those with unclear positions won 19%, Ballotpedia says. Candidates taking a more progressive stance won 45%.

  • Ballotpedia's Josh Altic, Ballot Measures Project Director, was interviewed for The Wall Street Journal about legislative changes to ballot measures approved by voters:[2]
Josh Altic, the project director for the Ballot Measures Project at Ballotpedia, said the increase in legislative changes parallels the increase in the number of successful citizen initiatives.


Describing 2016 as a 'banner year' for initiatives, Mr. Altic said that citizen initiatives are 'rearing their head in the political climate.'

'As long as we continue to see initiatives about controversial topics or policies that are opposed by the legislature, you will continue to see these [legislative alterations],' he said.

  • Ballotpedia worked with Peter Loftus of the Wall Street Journal on a thorough review of an Ohio ballot measure for the November 1, 2017, article, "Ballot Measure to Cap Ohio Drug Prices Unleashes Expensive Ad Battle."
A drug-industry-funded campaign against the measure has spent $49.1 million on TV ads and other efforts to try to defeat it, while the main proponent has spent $14 million this year, making this one of the most expensive ballot campaigns in Ohio or U.S. history, according to Josh Altic, ballot measures project director for political website Ballotpedia.


“There’s a lot riding on how the election goes in Ohio” because it could influence whether ballot measures targeting drug prices spread to other states, Mr. Altic said. Supporters have proposed similar ballot measures in South Dakota and Washington, D.C. for elections in 2018.[3]

  • On November 7, 2016, The Wall Street Journal noted Ballotpedia's coverage of ballot measures.[4]
Voters will decide 162 ballot measures, 71 of them proposed by citizens, according to Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan tracker of election data.

The New York Times

  • The New York Times used Ballotpedia as a reference for their comprehensive guide to voting in the 2020 primaries. The article also linked to our article on early voting.[5]
  • Lisa Lerer and Denise Lu, reporters for The New York Times, listed Ballotpedia as a source for their June 2019 article on the Democratic 2020 presidential primary field. The article examined 23 Democratic candidates and the age differences between them.[6]
  • On November 16, 2018, Ballotpedia's Josh Altic and Ryan Byrne were published in The New York Times. Their op-ed, "The Chart That Shows Some of the Biggest Midterm Surprises," outlined the results of ballot measure campaigns across the country. The article was shared hundreds of times on social media.[7]
  • Troy Griggs and Adam Pearce, reporters for The New York Times, mentioned Ballotpedia as a resource in compiling their June 2018 article "These 20 Representatives Have Not Had a Primary Challenger for at Least a Decade."[8]
  • Ballotpedia's information on state primary election dates was referenced in a June 2018 article in The New York Times titled "Only in New York: Where Primary Day Comes Twice a Year."[9]
  • The June 2018 edition of the Year of Better Living guides from The New York Times, titled "How to Participate in Politics," mentioned Ballotpedia as a resource:
Some of the major 2018 ballot initiatives deal with the minimum wage, voting rights and redistricting. (You can find a good state-by-state list of them online at Ballotpedia.org.)[10]
  • Ballotpedia's explainer on majority-minority districts was linked in a May 2018 on gerrymandering by New York Times columnist Clyde Haberman.[11]
  • The New York Times linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of Nebraska's U.S. Senate primary election in its May 2018 article summarizing the May 15 primaries.[12]
  • Nate Cohn linked to Ballotpedia's article on a Florida ballot initiative in his February 1, 2018, Upshot article for The New York Times.[13]
  • On November 2, 2017, The New York Times linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of the Virginia House elections in the article, "In Obscure Virginia Races, a Test of Anger at the President."[14]
  • On July 5, 2022, Soumya Karlamangla from the New York Times linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of a 2022 California ballot measure titled "California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative (2022)"[15]
  • In an August 2, 2022 article about the 2022 Kansas primary, the New York Times linked to Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Tool. Azi Paybarah wrote, "Ballotpedia offers a sample ballot tool that voters can use to see a preview of their full ballot."[16]

FiveThirtyEight

  • Perry Bacon Jr. at FiveThirtyEight referenced Ballotpedia's work on Pivot Counties in a Jan. 2021 article on swing state voting trends. "All six of the North Carolina counties that voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 but flipped to Trump in 2016 remained Republican in 2020."[17]
  • An August 2019 article in FiveThirtyEight referenced Ballotpedia's coverage of the 2020 Congressional election in Michigan. The article was on Justin Amash party change to independent, and the candidates he may face next election.[18]
  • Ballotpedia's coverage of state government trifectas was referenced by FiveThirtyEight in a November 2018 article on gubernatorial elections.[19]
According to Ballotpedia, about 48 percent of Americans currently live in states where Republicans have total control of the state government, compared to 21 percent where Democrats have full control. (The rest live under divided government at the state level.)
  • FiveThirtyEight reporter Nathaniel Rakich used Ballotpedia's data in an October 2018 article about single party control of state government. Rakich also referred to these as trifectas, a word coined by Ballotpedia to describe single party government.[20]
  • In August 2018, FiveThirtyEight partnered with Ballotpedia to produce a series of articles on the 2018 primaries for the Democratic Party. Ballotpedia provided data on candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor. The Republican series of articles appeared in September 2018.[21][22][23]
Through Aug. 7, 811 people have appeared on the ballot this year in Democratic primaries for Senate, House and governor, not counting races featuring a Democratic incumbent. In partnership with ABC News and Ballotpedia, we collected data on every single one of those candidates.


We’ve pored over campaign websites, news reports, state election websites, official campaign filings and more to figure out each candidate’s gender, race, sexual orientation, career background, policy positions and endorsements. The data gives us the most comprehensive look yet into whom Democratic primary voters are gravitating toward this year.

For the next few weeks, we’ll be writing about our findings, including doing a similar exercise for Republican primaries.

  • The daily "Significant Digits" article and email began June 29, 2017 with a number from Ballotpedia.
7 counties

Number of Alabama counties that have not issued any marriage licenses since the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in June 2015. Prior to that ruling, from 2012 through 2014, the seven counties averaged 1,855 marriages per year. [Ballotpedia][24]

Politico

  • Politico used Ballotpedia as a source for an August 2019 article on an HIV-related nonprofit. The article referenced our coverage of contributions made to California Proposition 61, an initiative related to drug prices.[25]
  • Ballotpedia was used to identify members of Congress who had served in the military by Politico Magazine reporter Michael Kruse for an article published in July 2018.[26]
  • Reporter Craig Hudson linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of candidate Richard Ojeda in the March 2018 Politico Magazine article, "'He's JFK With Tattoos and a Bench Press'."[27]
  • In the Politico Magazine article, "The Short, Unhappy Life of a Libertarian Paradise," Politico links to Ballotpedia's coverage of an important Colorado Springs ballot measure election.[28]
  • A February 2017 "Morning Cybersecurity" post linked to our coverage of Joseph Keith Kellogg, the chief of staff and executive secretary for the National Security Council.[29]
  • In a January 2017 edition of "Massachusetts Playbook", Politico writer Lauren Dezenski mentioned and linked our coverage of state legislative salaries.[30]
And if you’re curious, Ballotpedia has a handy comparison of the annual(ish) pay of the other 49 state legislatures to see where we rank (and it’s peanuts compared to California’s six figure legislators, but nothing compared to the $200 for the part-time folks over the border in New Hampshire) http://bit.ly/2ixopvE

Bloomberg Politics

  • Bloomberg linked to Ballotpedia's profile on Arnold Schwarzenegger in a March 2018 article titled "Stormy Daniels Gets New Judge After Claiming Old One Was Biased."[31]
  • Ballotpedia's coverage of Kentucky's congressional elections was cited in the Bloomberg piece "Amy McGrath Has a Bracing Message for America."[32]
  • On September 29, 2017, Jonathan Bernstein's morning links article linked to Ballotpedia's popular analysis on the net worth of elected officials.[33]

Los Angeles Times

  • In a March 2019 editorial on judicial deference, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board linked their readers to a Ballotpedia article on the Supreme Court case Bowles vs. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. The article is part of our Administrative State Project, which covers the administrative and regulatory activities of the United States government.[34]
  • In a May 2022 article covering Los Angeles' city attorney race, the Los Angeles Times linked readers to candidate Faisal Gill's Ballotpedia page. [35]
  • In a July 2022 article covering VP Kamala Harris' voting record in the U.S. Senate, the Los Angeles Times linked to a Ballotpedia article that compares the number of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents from 1981 to 2021. [36]
  • A September 2022 article covering California's 2024 statewide ballot measures linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of San Francisco's 2020 Affordable Housing Authorization measure. [37]

The Washington Post

  • Aaron Blake pulled from our analysis on state legislative vacancies for the April 24, 2019, edition of The Fix:[38]
Ballotpedia has tracked party-switchers in state legislatures across the country since 1994. Over that span, 71 state lawmakers have switched from Democrat to Republican, while 18 have switched from the GOP to the Democratic Party. Only twice over that span have we had more Republicans switching to Democrat than Democrats switching Republican in consecutive years: the tail-end of George W. Bush’s presidency (2006-07) and the last two years of Trump’s.
  • Reporter Philip Bump cited Ballotpedia research on endorsements made by President Donald Trump for a September 2018 analysis piece in The Washington Post.[39]
  • Ballot Measures Project Director Josh Altic was interviewed for a July 2018 article in The Washington Post by Reis Thebault on recent trends in ballot measures.[40]
Some of the same measures have popped up in different states — minimum-wage increases and marijuana legalization, for example, said Josh Altic, the ballot-measures project director at Ballotpedia, a nonpartisan online political database.


“They’re more important to the political landscape in a lot of states than they have been in a while,” Altic said.

  • Jennifer Rubin, opinion blogger for The Washington Post, linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of 2018 Congressional elections in a May 2018 article.[41]
  • Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas linked to Ballotpedia's coverage on voting equipment by state in his February 2018 column "The best safeguard against election hacking."[42]
  • David Weigel's January 2018 article titled, "Democrats flip state Senate seat in Wisconsin," linked to Ballotpedia's coverage of a Wisconsin State Senate special election.[43]
  • A December 2017 article from the Washington Post's fact-checking arm used Ballotpedia as a source for the median household income of the 3rd Congressional District of New Jersey.[44]
  • Eric Holder wrote an article for the Washington Post on October 3, 2017. In it, Holder linked to Ballotpedia's review of the 2016 congressional elections.[45]

Cosmopolitan

  • In September 2020, Cosmopolitan magazine included Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Tool as a resource in their Complete Guide to Voting in 2020.
It’s so freaking easy to forget about all the local elections (who knew you had to vote for coroner in some places?!). Go to Ballotpedia.org and type in your zip code to see what your ballot will look like and get info on all the other peeps you’ll need to decide on.[46]

Reuters

  • A December 2017 article in Reuters about Virginia elections cited Ballotpedia for the partisan breakdown of the Virginia House of Delegates.[47]

Fox News

  • Ballotpedia's congressional coverage was cited in a April 2018 Fox News article on congressional retirements and the midterm elections.[48]
  • Fox News cited information from Ballotpedia in its January 2018 article on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.[49]

CBS News

  • In its calendar for the week of September 9, 2019, CBS News linked to Ballotpedia's article covering the third Democratic presidential primary debate.[50]
  • CBS News cited and linked to Ballotpedia's voting information for an October article on early voting. The article noted which states do and do not allow early voting, and listed all of the beginning dates for the states that do.[51]

NBC News

  • For its midterm election coverage, NBC News cited Ballotpedia's data on congressional races with just one major party candidate in a September 2018 article.[52]
  • For a 2022 opinion piece on the future of horse racing and gambling, NBC News cited Ballotpedia's coverage of an approved 2018 Florida ballot measure.[53]

Time Magazine

  • While writing about the 2022 midterms, Abigail Abrams wrote for Time about the states across the country where abortion measures are on the ballot. She writes, "Six states have amendments or measures affecting abortion on the ballot in 2022. It’s the highest number of abortion-related ballot measures on record in a single year, according to Ballotpedia."[54]


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The Atlantic

The Atlantic staff writer Vann R. Newkirk II interviewed Ballot Measures Project Director Josh Altic for the April 2018 article "American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy."

“Overall, the total number of statewide ballot measures, including those put on the ballot by state legislatures, has been declining pretty consistently over the last decade and a half,” Josh Altic, the director of the ballot-initiatives project at Ballotpedia, an online political encyclopedia, said. “The number of citizen initiatives has been decreasing since 2006 along with them. But in 2016, we kind of had this turnaround, and all of a sudden there was an undeniable increase in the interest and the number of those initiatives.”[55]

AP

The Associated Press interviewed Josh Altic in January 2017 regarding South Dakota's Initiated Measure 22. That AP article was picked up by the Seattle Times, The Washington Times, U.S. News, and more.

But the South Dakota push appears to be the most concrete effort so far to overturn a 2016 ballot measure, said Josh Altic, ballot measures project director at Ballotpedia, an encyclopedia of American politics.[56]

PBS

John Yang from the PBS NewsHour interviewed Josh Altic and John Myers of the Los Angeles Times about 2016's state ballot measures. Check out the interview below.

Teen Vogue

  • Teen Vogue interviewed Ballotpedia's Daniel Anderson on the significance of local government for their article "Guide to Your Local Election Ballot":

“Local government is the government closest to home, and decisions made at the local level are often what impact your quality of life the most each day,” Daniel Anderson, elections team managing editor at Ballotpedia, tells Teen Vogue. “It’s really about quality of life. It’s so many of the things that you don’t even notice, you don’t even realize are being influenced by your local government.” Your city government is responsible for everything from public transportation to policing, voting laws and accessibility, affordable housing, and so much more.[57]

The American Prospect

  • Ballotpedia's Daniel Anderson spoke with the team at The American Prospect, about school board elections. The article states,

This year alone, 640 of the country’s largest school districts by enrollment are holding elections, with nearly 2,000 seats up for grabs, according to Ballotpedia… “There’s significant spending happening below the surface,” says Ballotpedia’s Daniel Anderson. “It’s hard to gauge whether that spending balances the scales between unions and ed-reform groups or if the scales are still tilted significantly [toward unions].”

Fox News

  • Brittany Clingen appeared on Fox News, speaking about ballot measures on the Special Report with Bret Baier.[58]

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  • Erin Vilardi, founder of Vote Run Lead, was interviewed by Care.com for an article on voting in 2020. Vilardi recommended Ballotpedia, saying, "This is a comprehensive website, ... But their simple Sample Ballot Tool gives you a great way to know your ballot. If you’re a first time voter, this is a great way to get a sneak peek of who and what will be on your ballot ahead of going to the polls."[59]
  • Lifestyle magazine Sunday Edit listed Ballotpedia as a favorite online resource for voting, saying "Ballotpedia is awesome. ... Our favorite feature is the “sample ballot lookup,” which will show you everyone who is on your ballot and where they stand on different issues."[60]
  • Amanda Mitchell, a writer for Marie Claire, listed Ballotpedia as one of her favorite election resources, saying, "They break down each [ballot] proposal so you get the most information possible in the easiest way."[61]
  • Media outlet Ozarks First recommends Ballotpedia as a resource, saying "For a general, and largely unbiased, overview of candidates and issues, it's hard to beat Ballotpedia.org. The site offers information that enlightens, allowing you to make up your mind."[62]
  • Governing magazine says Ballotpedia is "a must-read for those who follow politics at every level."[63]
  • The National Taxpayers Union says, "If you’ve ever wanted a 'one-stop shop' for information on state and local ballot measures, past and present, I’d recommend you head over to Ballotpedia.org. It's a website to bookmark!"[64]
  • The Initiative & Referendum Institute says, "For nonpartisan information on ballot propositions, see Ballotpedia."[65]
  • FindLaw writes, "Ballotpedia provides commendable and complete coverage."[66]
  • The National Initiative for Democracy says, "Ballotpedia aims to be an abundant and growing source of information on citizen initiatives, ballot access, petition drives, initiative and referendum for political change, recall elections, school district bond issues and associated subjects."[67]
  • PC Mag called Ballotpedia a "remarkably rich site through which visitors can access granular voting information across the country."[68]

See also

Footnotes

  1. The Wall Street Journal, "The Parental School-Board Revolt Continues," June 7, 2022
  2. The Wall Street Journal, "Washington, D.C., Council Members Consider Repeal of Voter-Passed Minimum-Wage Increase," July 12, 2018
  3. The Wall Street Journal, "Ballot Measure to Cap Ohio Drug Prices Unleashes Expensive Ad Battle," November 1, 2017
  4. The Wall Street Journal, "Voters Set to Decide Ballot Measures on Marijuana, Guns, Minimum Wage and More," November 7, 2016
  5. The New York Times, "Ready, Set, Vote: Here’s Everything You Need to Know for the 2020 Primaries," February 3, 2020
  6. The New York Times, "How Old Should a President Be? With So Many Choices, Democrats Are Sharply Divided," June 9, 2019
  7. The New York Times, "The Chart That Shows Some of the Biggest Midterm Surprises," November 16, 2018
  8. The New York Times, "These 20 Representatives Have Not Had a Primary Challenger for at Least a Decade," June 30, 2018
  9. The New York Times, "Only in New York: Where Primary Day Comes Twice a Year," June 25, 2018
  10. The New York Times, "How to Participate in Politics," June 2018
  11. The New York Times, "The Odd Political Alliance Behind Today’s Gerrymandering," May 28, 2018
  12. The New York Times, "It's Primary Election Day. Here's Everything You Need to Know," May 15, 2018
  13. The New York Times, "A 'Blue' Florida? There Are No Quick Demographic Fixes for Democrats," February 1, 2018
  14. The New York Times, "In Obscure Virginia Races, a Test of Anger at the President," November 9, 2017
  15. The New York Times, "What to Know About California’s Landmark Plastics Law," July 5, 2022
  16. The New York Times, "Kansas: How to vote, where to vote and what’s on the ballot.," August 2, 2022
  17. FiveThirtyEight, "Democrats Hope Georgia Will Become The Next Virginia, But It Could End Up Being The Next North Carolina," January 5, 2021
  18. FiveThirtyEight, "Can Justin Amash Win Reelection As An Independent?" July 29, 2019
  19. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: Democrats Are Likely To Make Big Gains In Governors Races," November 5, 2018
  20. FiveThirtyEight, "The States Where Democrats Or Republicans Could Seize Full Control Of Government," October 11, 2018
  21. FiveThirtyEight, "We Researched Hundreds Of Races. Here’s Who Democrats Are Nominating," August 10, 2018
  22. FiveThirtyEight, "We Looked At Hundreds Of Endorsements. Here’s Who Democrats Are Listening To," August 14, 2018
  23. We Looked At Hundreds Of Endorsements. Here’s Who Republicans Are Listening To," September 24, 2018
  24. FiveThirtyEight, "Significant Digits For Thursday, June 29, 2017," June 29, 2017
  25. Politico, "Powerhouse AIDS organization faces scrutiny for use of federal money," August 20, 2019
  26. Politico, "Generals Love Him. Top Democrats Despise Him. Can He Be President Anyway?" July 28, 2017
  27. Politico Magazine, "'He's JFK With Tattoos and a Bench Press'," March 2, 2018
  28. Politico, "The Short, Unhappy Life of a Libertarian Paradise," June 30, 2017
  29. Politico, "Flynn departs, leaving mysteries behind," February 15, 2017
  30. Politico, WELCOME TO 2017 -- BAKER’s pay raise politicking -- WARREN blasts House GOP, fundraises for 2018 Dems," January 3, 2017
  31. Bloomberg Politics, "Stormy Daniels Gets New Judge After Claiming Old One Was Biased," March 14, 2018
  32. Bloomberg View, "Amy McGrath Has a Bracing Message for America," October 31, 2017
  33. Bloomberg View, "An Unhappy Congress Is Not a Good Congress," September 29, 2017
  34. Los Angeles Times, "The Supreme Court shouldn't grab power from administrative agencies," March 30, 2019
  35. Los Angeles Times, "L.A. city attorney race features a couple of ex-Republicans. And the Daffy Duck factor," May 5, 2022
  36. Los Angeles Times, Kamala Harris could break a record. Democrats wish she didn’t have to," July 5, 2022
  37. Los Angeles Times, "California voters to decide on repeal of anti-public housing measure in 2024," September, 2, 2022
  38. The Washington Post, "Trump spurs an uptick in politicians leaving the GOP," April 24, 2019
  39. The Washington Post, "Trump’s sales pitch to the Daily Caller on his electoral success was used-car-salesman-esque," September 5, 2018
  40. The Washington Post, "The voters approved it. Should lawmakers erase the result? In D.C., a debate about democracy," July 31, 2018
  41. The Washington Post, "Democrats get a boost, thanks to women and nonwhite candidates," May 23, 2018
  42. The Washington Post, "The best safeguard against election hacking," February 9, 2018
  43. The Washington Post, "Democrats flip state Senate seat in Wisconsin," January 16, 2018
  44. The Washington Post, "The GOP’s $10,000 cap on property tax deductions and how it affects one congressional district," December 4, 2017
  45. Washington Post, "Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it." October 3, 2017
  46. Cosmopolitan, "Your Complete Guide to Voting in 2020," September 16, 2020
  47. Reuters, "Democrat wins by one vote in Virginia legislative election recount," December 19, 2017
  48. Fox News, "Republicans who won't be coming back to Congress after 2018 midterm elections," April 27, 2018
  49. Fox News, "Sonny Perdue named State of the Union's 'designated survivor': 5 things to know," January 30, 2018
  50. CBS News, "Calendar: Week of September 9," September 8, 2019
  51. CBS News, "Early voting: When it starts in your state," October 22, 2018
  52. NBC News, "Ahead of midterms, Democrats lead in cash, candidates and voters," September 2, 2018
  53. NBC News, "Is American horse racing on its last legs?" May 7, 2022
  54. Time, "Where Abortion Is Literally on the Ballot in 2022" October 4, 2022
  55. The Atlantic, "American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy," April 18, 2018
  56. The Seattle Times, "South Dakota lawmakers could scrap voter-backed ethics rules," January 29, 2017
  57. Teen Vogue, "Guide to Your Local Election Ballot," January 3, 2018
  58. Special Report with Bret Baier, November 6, 2013
  59. Care.com, "Election 2020: How to get ready to cast your ballot," July 28, 2020
  60. Sunday Edit, "Our Favorite Online Resources for Voting in the Upcoming Elections," July 15, 2020
  61. Marie Claire, "Who to Vote for in the 2018 Midterms: A Complete Guide to Figuring It Out," September 13, 2018
  62. Think About it: Sources to set your Political Minds Straight," August 4, 2018
  63. Governing, "Races (Besides the White House) You Should Watch," October 16, 2012
  64. National Taxpayers Union, "One-stop shopping for ballot measures," May 8, 2008
  65. Initiative & Referendum Institute, "Ballotwatch," accessed December 5, 2013
  66. FindLaw, "Our Dear Sunnyvale Becomes the Next Big Gun Control Battleground," November 7, 2013
  67. National Initiative for Democracy, "Links, Reference Information," accessed December 5, 2013
  68. PC Mag, "How to Educate Yourself Before Election Day," November 3, 2016