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Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobMar 12, 202110:21 pmApril 7, 2021

I’m running for town meeting in Precinct 3!

I hope you will consider voting for me on May 4th (or earlier!). As my last name is Zoorob, I will be the last candidate listed on the ballot for Town Meeting Member in Precinct […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobFeb 14, 20215:42 pmMarch 17, 2021
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Homeownership and Turnout in State and Local Elections in Brookline

This post compares participation in state and local elections among likely renters and likely homeowners in Brookline, MA, where I live. I will examine voting in three elections: first, the 2019 local election, which included […]

Uncategorized by Michael ZoorobJan 24, 20212:28 am
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Supporting the Gateway East Bus Lane in brookline

Below is a copy of the letter I wrote to the transportation board in support of bus lanes on Washington Street. The featured image for this post comes from this YouTube video. Dear members of […]

Society by Michael ZoorobMay 9, 20204:54 pmMay 12, 2020
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Density, Covid, and the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem

The statistical association (bracketing causal inference at this point) between people living near one another (population density) and the rate of COVID-19 cases seems to vary between different levels of aggregation (e.g. neighborhood versus city […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobJan 19, 202012:59 amMay 12, 2020
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Homeowners of local politics (Brookline edition)

It is well-known that homeowners have an outsized role in local politics. In Brookline, 50% of residents rent and 50% own their homes. We also have a representative Town Meeting form of government, meaning that […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobDec 8, 20195:05 pmDecember 8, 2019
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Keep Brookline Dense

This is a copy of a letter to the editor published in the Brookline Tab print ediiton December 5, 2019 and online on December 7. — I appreciated your recent article “Despite traffic, more Brookline […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobNov 11, 20193:01 pmNovember 11, 2019
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Letter to Harvard Administrators about strike

HGSU-UAW, my campus union, has provided a simple form for emailing administrators about the upcoming strike deadline and urging them to stop a strike. They have even provided templates for different constituencies (undergraduates, family, faculty) […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobNov 4, 20196:07 amDecember 18, 2019
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Dispensary density and sales

Please find replication materials (code and data) reproducing all figures and statements made in this blogpost at this link. One perennial theme on Brookline’s Townwide Discussion Facebook page is the NETA cannabis dispensary, with a […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobSep 28, 20181:19 amMay 12, 2020
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Norfolk 15th Primary Election (MA state House, 9/4/18)

In the weeks leading up to the primary election, I walked around this state house district and counted/geocoded all the lawn signs for the Norfolk 15th State House race in a smartphone application. (These are […]

Political Stuff by Michael ZoorobSep 10, 20181:19 amMay 13, 2020
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MA-7th Primary All Precincts

Caveats: Chelsea results are citywide; Everett had some precinct 3’s in the (state) shapefile that don’t seem to exist (mean imputed from city for map).

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