Big Sky Political Analysis
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Created and maintained by professors of political science at Montana State University, this website seeks to bring political science analysis to current political events in Montana, the United States, and across the globe. The main aim is to provide nonpartisan analysis and commentary in a political world replete with punditry and partisanship.
Big Sky Political Analysis
3y ago
Working with Maritsa Georgiou at NBC Montana, I analyzed the removal of post boxes in the state of Montana and found that Democratic vote at the precinct level is associated with a higher probability that a post box is slated for removal. A discussion of the process by which I came to this disturbing conclusion is outlined below. You can access Maritsa's story about my analysis can be found here. Below is the memo that I wrote for her, walking through the data and analysis.
The Data
I was provided with the locations of all post boxes in the state of Montana as of August 2020 and July 2019. As ..read more