for profit corporation location washington d.c. methods microtargeting website www.catalist.us catalist is a for profit corporation based in washington d. c. that operates a voter database . 1 it was founded in 2006 by harold m. ickes with seed money from george soros . it specializes in microtargeting for democratic political campaigns . 2 catalist s ceo is laura quinn an economic policy advisor in the u.s. senate and former deputy chief of staff for vice president al gore . in august 2016 catalist analyzed records from 10 battleground states through june and found a major influx of new voters majority white were responsible for the record breaking turnout in the republican primaries . 3 4 a collaboration between catalist and surveymonkey showed that sanders supporters voted less frequently and were less reliably democratic than clinton supporters . during the 2008 u.s. presidential campaign catalist served as the principal repository of democratic data working with over 90 liberal groups including the service employees international union the democratic national committee and the 2008 barack obama presidential campaign . 1 catalist has engaged in data mining on behalf of clients such as rock the vote and emily s list . 5 catalist receives funding from the democracy alliance . 6 in 2016 catalist received a 725 000 donation from the american federation of teachers a major teachers union . 7 references edit a b ambinder marc october 5 2009 . exclusive how democrats won the data war in 2008 . the atlantic . retrieved 10 november 2015 . knight robert september 19 2014 . catalist the left s secret electoral weapon outguns gop . washington times . retrieved 10 november 2015 . donald trump s great white hope is fading fast . retrieved 2016 08 24 . tau ron 2016 08 23 . voter influx appears missing for trump . wall street journal . issn 0099 9660 . retrieved 2016 08 24 . issenberg sasha january 30 2012 . for sale detailed voter profiles . slate . retrieved 10 november 2015 . confessore nicholas november 14 2013 . groups mobilize to aid democrats in 14 data arms race . new york times . retrieved 11 november 2015 . berman richard 2016 08 15 . if your child s school is failing thank a union fox news . retrieved 2016 08 24 . this american elections related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this database related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about politics is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title catalist & oldid 736029754 categories united states presidential election 2008technology companies established in 2006companies based in washington d.c. 2006 establishments in washington d.c.progressivism in the united statesunited states election stubsdatabase stubspolitics stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 august 2016 at 17 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view