The Princeton Election Consortium is partnering with StatX to bring to you a way to get our data updates automatically. The StatX app can provide you with all the key outputs on our calculations, updated five times a day: the EV snapshot, current Senate and House estimates, and the Meta-Margins. The app will link back to this website so you can get full site content.
You will need the free StatX app on your iPhone or Android (or search statx in Apple App Store or Google Play Store). Give it a try! Send any StatX-related suggestions and feedback to feedback@statx.io. Below, some answers regarding privacy concerns…
StatX tells me that they use the phone number as the user identifier in their system by sending an SMS to confirm the user’s identity. This is no different than WhatsApp and many other apps.
They get the camera and other permissions to allow users to upload photos to attach to a stat. There are some Android technical limitations in their permissions model (compared to Apple) that require them to get these permissions up front and some of these are bundled together so they end up asking for more than they use.
They say they keep the information secure and do not misuse it, as described in their Terms of Use and Privacy Policies, which are available on their website.
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P.S. StatX’s founder, Prasad Raje, sends me the following:
You can use StatX to push your own data. Many functions are free. Some resources:
a. See the StatX web site at www.statx.io
b. Install the app on your phone under StatX’s Free tier
c. Install the Excel AddIn or Google Sheets Add-on. This will enable you to send any data to StatX on mobile from Excel or Sheets, and share with any group – for example you can download some publicly available data and have it appear visually on mobile.
d. Developer types should take a look at StatX’s REST API. You can do integration between any public or private data feeds and StatX and share on mobile with any group.
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