Welcome to the Tuesday, Dec. 29, Brew.

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

1. The political facts and figures of 2020
2. This is the last Brew of the year

This is our last edition of the Brew for 2020, and I'm honored you've invited me into your inbox each morning. We will take a short break the rest of the week and resume our regular weekday schedule starting on Jan. 4. Have a safe and wonderful New Year!

The political facts and figures of 2020

One of my favorite parts of Ballotpedia is getting to play around with our database. It is amazing how much data our team has collected over the years, and I’m always impressed at the kinds of raw data points our team can dig up when I ask them a question. Last week I got to thinking - what 10 numbers capture 2020 through the lens of Ballotpedia? 

Here’s some data about all the people and events we followed, tracked, and analyzed this year:

• 3,000,972 users looked up their sample ballot using our Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
• 28,466 candidates 
• 19,664 new articles published on Ballotpedia.org
• 10,923 seats up for election in federal, state, judicial, municipal, and school board races we covered this year
• 1,945 news stories posted to Ballotpedia News
• 1,367 officeholders who retired, resigned, assumed office, died, or were appointed to one of the positions we cover
• 1,056 statewide and local ballot measures voters decided in 2020
• 711 minutes of presidential primary and general election debates 
• 607 newsletters published
• 272 elected officials were targeted by recall efforts

That’s a lot of data!

But behind all those facts are our people—who analyze all that information and present it to you in the unbiased and neutral manner you’ve come to expect from us. As I mentioned yesterday, we’ve already got our eyes trained on the political stories, news, and events to help you stay on top of everything that will happen in 2021. See you next year!

This is the last Brew of the year 

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