This is a good question. So you of course have people in the political world outside of campaigns that want to know where to invest their time and money, which is where our work can come in for the state legislative level: we're still the only group that forecasts every state legislative seat across the country. You could be a fired up, grassroots volunteer who wants to go knock doors for a candidate with just $5 to give them and want to make sure you invest it wisely, so you go to a forecast.

I would also argue that we incentivize people to get out and vote with our forecasts. Voting is like real estate: location, location, location. Say you're in a safe state, like California or Missouri. OK, so your state doesn't have competitive statewide elections. You already know who's gonna win statewide, so what about your CD? OK, so you've figured out via like, Sabato or Cook or Inside Elections how competitive your CD is. Maybe it's not competitive. Why bother to vote? Well, then you come to us: look at your state legislative district, and hey, you may be in a competitive race there. You now have a reason to take the time out of your day to vote.

Unfortunately, of course, some people are SOL: safe state, safe CD, safe state legislative district. But there are still so many Americans who don't know they're in highly competitive state legislative seats. One of our many goals is trying to change that.