e49 provides 2006 Election Results to GOP
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
"Even though we built the original system for the Presidential election back in 2004, this election cycle proved to be challenging." said Ken Smith, managing partner and chief strategist for episode49, LLC. "The additional focus placed on the individual races, especially in the House, required a much more detailed breakdown of the raw data we were collecting."
In 2004, the Republican National Committee was in search of a development firm capable of delivering a bullet proof system to track election night results for the Presidential Election. This system would not only need to track results, but also track exit polling and daytime turnouts. Collection of the data would involve many sources, such as the Associated Press, MCI and thousands of wireless applications with the requirement of delivering the tabulated results of millions of records in 15 minute intervals throughout the day. This need began what has become a very successful business relationship between episode49 and The Bivings Group.
The success of the election night tracking system in 2004 opened the door for episode49 and The Bivings Group to build a newer and more detailed application for the 2006 elections. Turnout percentages and voting results were collected from multiple sources with the addition of updating a detailed polling page that served as scorecard for every race. This was an exciting new feature that enabled users to compare polling numbers from up to 5 of the major polling organizations with the latest results as they were updated. Data was further broken down by congressional and even bellwether districts. A bellwether district is one that has been identified as a leading indicator of future trends.
"We continue to be privileged to build the primary, first response delivery system of election results to the top Republican Organizations around the country," said Smith, "but it couldn't be done without a team that remains un-phased by the pressures of knowing that the White House is watching."
