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31K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$174 – $282 / sponsored post
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
41
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Jul 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: Independent Todd Achilles is now Republican Sen. Jim Risch's onl · 96 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
32.3 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
200×
Follows 155 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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And as we write in this Digest, a completely different governor primary is looking more and more interesting. A new poll unexpectedly shows Sen. Marsha Blackburn with only a small lead in GOP nomination contest to lead Tennessee.
Wisconsin's volatile Democratic primary for governor takes another turn as Mandela Barnes exits the race. But state Rep. Francesca Hong remains tough to beat even as her remaining opponents get the chance to consolidate the vote.
Mandela Barnes drops out of #WIGOV Democratic primary.
Achilles argues Risch "has supported policies that have driven up the costs of food and gas and gutted the Forest Service to sell our public lands to the highest bidder."
NEW: The Downballot has closely tracked special elections for years, but it turns out they can tell us even more than we realized.
Specials can act as an early-warning system, as @marshak1.bsky.social shows, that tell us when the politica…
Lots more in our new Digest:
• Republicans are meddling in still another Democratic primary.
• A pair of Democratic candidates for governor go on the air.
• Polls. Lots and lots of polls.
Trump wants South Carolina Republicans to nominate appointed Sen. Darline Graham next month. Now she needs to convince them to pick her over several far better-established primary foes.
It's a blowout in South Dakota's first-ever runoff. Gov. Larry Rhoden, who was elevated from the LG spot after Kristi Noem joined Trump's cabinet (seems like a long time ago, huh?) blows out wealthy businessman Toby Doeden.
Doeden actuall…
Marcye Scott didn't run in the primary for a full term because her father was running for reelection. David Scott died in late April, around six weeks after the filing deadline for the regular primary had already passed.
Marcye Scott brie…
Special election tonight for the vacant #GA13, previously held by the late Dem Rep. David Scott. His daughter, Marcye Scott, is running for this safely blue Atlanta-area seat. Question is whether she can avoid a runoff by winning a majorit…
This might be the perfect encapsulation of No Labels. The candidate who won their primary (yes, they had a primary) for #AZGov last week says on her website, "I rejected the No Labels Party endorsement because I stand for Arizona and not f…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@the-downballot.com
The handle is the domain the-downballot.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real the-downballot.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Jul 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 41 views per post.
📤Posts about 32.3× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
Our site: http://the-downballot.com/
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