Today, based on suggestions made by state and local election staff who conduct data analysis, the MIT Election Data + Science Lab is proudly launching the “Election Data Analytics Group,” a supportive community for data analysts working for federal, state, and local election agencies.
As the number of people providing data analysis to election agencies grows, so does the value of creating a professional community of election administration data analysts. Here at the MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), we are committed to improving scholarship and practice in election science through high-quality data gathering and analysis, and we know election workers are both essential and deeply involved in that work….