Our team recently designed a dashboard using R Shiny Leaflet allowing users to select many locations at one go on an interactive map. We created the map using the package [crayon-5f71ac3ab1a32661052841-i/], which enables users to draw shapes on R Shiny Leaflet maps. When combined with the package [crayon-5f71ac3ab1a3a713795077-i/] and a function called [crayon-5f71ac3ab1a3d290883727-i/], the [crayon-5f71ac3ab1a40005088889-i/] drawing tool can
This year, the Red Oak Strategic team decided to undertake a new challenge in the world of polling and analytics : conduct a bi-weekly, public, national survey that we would execute and release using the Google Surveys platform. Beginning in August and continuing through the final week of the 2016 election, our partnership with GCS led
Political polling faces a crisis of confidence. Major news outlets repeatedly ask “What’s the matter with polling?” after major misses like the Bernie Sanders’s primary upset in Michigan, where he beat Hillary Clinton 50–48 despite the fact that she was leading by up to 20 points in reputable polls. There is, however, hope for a
Today, we debuted our national tracking poll, conducted using Google Consumer Surveys. We are one of the first researchers in the political space to embrace the technology and after working close with their team on some Republican primary work, wanted to build upon those successes throughout 2016. The poll will run through Election Day 2016
Last Saturday, in what has now been widely publicized and discussed, Uber and Lyft lost an effort, Proposition 1, that would have rolled back a number of regulations on their services. As a result, in one of America’s most forward-thinking tech centers, the services stopped operating almost immediately. Andrew Watts wrote a great analytical piece
After last night’s Republican debate in Wisconsin, we thought it would be useful to begin analyzing how the GOP campaigns are thinking analytically about their pathways to the nomination. Not only is Wisconsin a state that affords the GOP a chance at winning a midwestern state in ’16, it could also represent a key decision
Lots of discussion and criticism came out of this past Tuesday’s election results, much of it focusing on the Kentucky Governor’s race and the lack of reliable polling measures, which lead to a somewhat surprising election night result for many pundits. One particular story, written here by @ForecasterEnten, made very valid points about the scope
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