On Data and Democracy

On Data and Democracy

Home
Notes
Archive
About
Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors
One 89-year-old woman made 7,532 donations totaling $68,666
 • 
Adam Bonica
13
Did Non-Voters Really Flip Republican? Part III with Updated Data
When we published “Did Non-Voters Really Flip Republican in 2024?” a few months ago, the evidence from the Cooperative Election Study (CES) suggested…
 • 
Adam Bonica
, 
Jake Grumbach
, 
Rachel Funk Fordham
, and 
Ernesto Tiburcio
Do Moderates Do Better?
Uncovering Bias in Split Ticket’s WAR Scores
 • 
Adam Bonica
 and 
Jake Grumbach
39
The Mothership Vortex: A Quick Update
ActBlue announces reforms while the DCCC and DSCC remain silent
 • 
Adam Bonica
12
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
 • 
Adam Bonica
187

July 2025

A Party's Brand Is Built on Trust. So Why Are Democrats Treating Their Supporters Like Marks?
The Fundraising Frenzy Invades Text Messages
 • 
Adam Bonica
45
On Data and Democracy (Mid-Year Roundup): Charting the Assault on American Democracy and A Path Forward
A narrative of a democracy in the balance, told through 29 data visualizations.
 • 
Adam Bonica
7
How to Dismantle a Democracy, Legally
The unitary executive theory is a masterclass in autocratic legalism.
 • 
Adam Bonica
15
The Graying of American Campaign Dollars
The average campaign dollar now comes from a 67-year-old donor—up from 61 just eight years ago. As political money concentrates among the elderly…
 • 
Adam Bonica
 and 
Jake Grumbach
3

June 2025

The AI Dividend: Turning Computational Power into Shared Prosperity
How to fund an AI Dividend from the engine of automation itself: make cloud computing a public utility, set prices above raw computational cost, and…
 • 
Adam Bonica
4
The Supreme Court's Blitzkrieg Against the Federal Judiciary and The Rule of Law
The CASA decision's sweeping elimination of checks on executive power.
 • 
Adam Bonica
The Supreme Court Is at War With Its Own Judiciary
Between May 1 and June 23, federal judges ruled against the Trump administration 94% of the time. The Supreme Court backed it 94% of the time.
 • 
Adam Bonica
15
© 2025 Adam Bonica
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture