Mayors, councils, and ballot measures shape more of your daily life than any national race — and almost nobody polls them rigorously. Downballot does. Every methodology, public.
The budget and the audience are built for presidential and Senate races. Municipal contests are treated as an afterthought, if they're touched at all.
Cheap automated call polls with no published methodology, no weighting transparency, and no way to check their work.
Sample design, weighting, and uncertainty aren't an afterthought — they're the whole discipline, carried over from field-trial statistics.
The first nonpartisan mayoral election in Louisville's history, with incumbent Craig Greenberg and Metro councilor Shameka Parrish-Wright advancing to the November general. No party labels on the ballot — full candidate research required, which is exactly the gap Downballot exists to fill.
One email per release. Full crosstabs linked, no spin.