Professor at the University of Florida who specializes in American elections.

Gainesville, FL
Joined September 2012
I purchased the Pennsylvania voter file this morning and replicated the NC weekly new partisan registrations trend analysis. The long-term trend of increasing share of Democratic registrations is evident, but there isn't a sharp mid-Sept. drop-off like NC michaelmcdonald.substack.com…
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A plot of NC new registrations by party registration during Trump's second term of office. I include @50plus1news Trump approval trendline. There's good correlation until the bottom drops out for Republicans mid-Sept. More analysis here: michaelmcdonald.substack.com…
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#earlyvote morning update 10/2: at least 1 million people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳🎉 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-v…
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#earlyvote evening update 9/30: at least 692,104 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-v…
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#earlyvote morning update 9/29: over half a million people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳🎉 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-v…
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#earlyvote evening update 9/28: at least 400,020 people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-v…
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If you want my early voting takes, a reminder you'll have to go to another site
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New Mexico as of 1pm central time shows same pattern as Florida. More no-party/minor party Election Day. Larger drop-off among registered Republicans than Democrats
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In advance of exit poll crosstabs going live on the networks at 5pm
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Here's the 4pm Delaware update. Election Day continuing to look more blue than in-person early vote
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