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California
Joined May 2011
🚨Over 1M ballots have been returned California Statewide on the tracker
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: California Statewide 1M Returned 4.4% Turnout Registered: D+20 Returned: D+18 Share of returns: Dem: 48.6% Rep: 30.4% Oth: 20.9%
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: US CONGRESSIONAL 1 23.9K Returned 5.2% Turnout Registered: D+10 Returned: D+15 Share of returns: Dem: 48.2% Rep: 33.4% Oth: 18.4%
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Nearing first 100k ballots returned in City of Los Angeles now from the weekend update.
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: CITY OF LOS ANGELES 92K Returned 4.1% Turnout Registered: D+40 Returned: D+48 Share of returns: Dem: 63.9% Rep: 15.9% Oth: 20.2%
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: CITY OF LOS ANGELES 92K Returned 4.1% Turnout Registered: D+40 Returned: D+48 Share of returns: Dem: 63.9% Rep: 15.9% Oth: 20.2%
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
California is voting. Civiq is tracking. Stay on top of the latest ballot returns and subscribe to our free public-facing tracker to get updates. Link below👇
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I can't express to you how much I love it when we put out hype videos. Like the Super Bowl for nerds around here.
California is voting. Civiq is tracking. Stay on top of the latest ballot returns and subscribe to our free public-facing tracker to get updates. Link below👇
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Early ballots and how campaigns are using AI with Optiq Data Co-Founder Cole Patterson | LINK IN BIO
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I keep shouting this from the rooftops whenever I can: over 50% of the audience activations in the Civiq platform have been generated with the assistance of AI. This is the beginning transformational shift in campaigns. The next 10 years will look nothing like the last 10.
How are political campaigns in California using AI tools? @ColePatterson, co-founder of Optiq Data and new tool Civiq, said big examples are research & millions of voter contacts. "This is going to lead to campaigns having a much more efficient way of talking to voters."
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What I will be sure to do next time is say something about how by the time that viewers see this, there will be even more ballots cast. When we filmed, there was over 500k returned, flash forward to today: there are over 1M cast, and likely to be over 2M very soon. 65+ and up still over 57% of electorate so far though.
Many of the voters who have turned in their ballots so far in California are at least 65 years old. Co-founder of Optiq Data @ColePatterson explains what we can expect in the coming weeks:
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Behold, the EA infinite money glitch…
We’re committing a portion of Anthropic’s shares to the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, a new wholly owned entity dedicated entirely to the public benefit. It will start off with 5% of our shares. For every 50% increase in the company’s value over a set baseline, we can contribute up to an extra 2%, subject to our board’s discretion. In total, this means that roughly 20% of Anthropic’s shares are committed to the public good. Our co-founders have already pledged to donate 80% of their equity, and around half our employees are donating a portion of their equity as part of a donation matching program we’ve run since our founding. In the post below, we share more details about our new fund. anthropic.com/news/public-be…
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Thanks for having me on, @ZavalaA. AI is significantly changing how campaigns research races and talk to voters. Excited about what this means for teams up and down the ballot in California.
How are political campaigns in California using AI tools? @ColePatterson, co-founder of Optiq Data and new tool Civiq, said big examples are research & millions of voter contacts. "This is going to lead to campaigns having a much more efficient way of talking to voters."
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Many of the voters who have turned in their ballots so far in California are at least 65 years old. Co-founder of Optiq Data @ColePatterson explains what we can expect in the coming weeks:
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Our CEO and Co-founder @ColePatterson spoke with @ZavalaA about the use of AI by campaigns and how teams are using the Civiq platform to better understand and communicate with voters.
How are political campaigns in California using AI tools? @ColePatterson, co-founder of Optiq Data and new tool Civiq, said big examples are research & millions of voter contacts. "This is going to lead to campaigns having a much more efficient way of talking to voters."
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
How are political campaigns in California using AI tools? @ColePatterson, co-founder of Optiq Data and new tool Civiq, said big examples are research & millions of voter contacts. "This is going to lead to campaigns having a much more efficient way of talking to voters."
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: California Statewide 1M Returned 4.4% Turnout Registered: D+20 Returned: D+18 Share of returns: Dem: 48.6% Rep: 30.4% Oth: 20.9%
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
2026 General Election Ballot Return Update: CITY OF LOS ANGELES 73.8K Returned 3.3% Turnout Registered: D+40 Returned: D+46 Share of returns: Dem: 62.6% Rep: 16.8% Oth: 20.5%
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Cole Patterson📊 retweeted
Our CEO and Co-founder, @ColePatterson spoke with @ZavalaA on California Politics 360 to talk about the Civiq campaign intelligence platform, break down how campaigns are using AI, and what the latest California ballot returns are telling us. Catch the segment this Sunday on @kcranews.
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