Welcome to Politics By The Numbers!

Now that the primary/caucus season is fully underway, we here at Edison Media Research have lots to talk about! With Iowa under our belts, and more to come in this compressed season, we have lots of interesting factoids, datapoints and anecdotes about the exit (and entrance) polling process that we will be sharing in this space. We hope you enjoy Politics By The Numbers not only as a "journal of election data and analysis" (as advertised!) but also as a rare glimpse into the nuts and bolts of the arcane science of exit polling itself, and all of the complications, considerations and great care that we put into our work.

We are fortunate to be the sole source of exit polling data for some of the smartest folks in network news, the AP and print journalism, and we look forward to seeing our data used in all sorts of ways over the coming months. We won't try to duplicate their efforts, but where we find the interesting "spicy meatball" of data, the forgotten factoid, or the quirky 'coincidence,' we'll spotlight it here. Questions or comments? Let us know.