Dave Bjerke
@davebjerke.bsky.social
Director of Elections & General Registrar of Voters for the City of Falls Church, Virginia. Husband, father of 4, musician.
#GoBirds #Eagles
#GoBirds #Eagles
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ranked Choice Voting discussion. I’m expecting to be in front of the City of Falls Church City Council early next year in a work session to discuss adopting RCV for 2027 city council elections.
Here's my monthly Q&A for Strength In Numbers readers. This time, I answer questions like:
- How do your polling average models work?
- What would ranked-choice voting in POTUS primaries look like?
- How do you isolate your priors from your data work?
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-if-am...
- How do your polling average models work?
- What would ranked-choice voting in POTUS primaries look like?
- How do you isolate your priors from your data work?
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-if-am...
What if America used ranked-choice voting for presidential primaries?
Plus: an update on non-voters; the secret sauce behind my polling models; and updating my list of political biases and how I account for them. This is the Strength In Numbers November 2025 Q&A.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ranked Choice Voting discussion. I’m expecting to be in front of the City of Falls Church City Council early next year in a work session to discuss adopting RCV for 2027 city council elections.
Is it too much to ask that Burns collaborated with Caro the way Lin Manuel Miranda collaborated with Ron Cherno for Hamilton?
And that Caro’s final LBJ book is imminent??!! Please?
And that Caro’s final LBJ book is imminent??!! Please?
By the way, Ken Burns’ next documentary series is apparently in the can — LBJ & The Great Society
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LBJ & the Great Society - Ken Burns
This three-part, six-hour series will chronicle the life and times of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the most capable, colorful, and controversial men ever to occupy the White House. A figure of extraordin...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Is it too much to ask that Burns collaborated with Caro the way Lin Manuel Miranda collaborated with Ron Cherno for Hamilton?
And that Caro’s final LBJ book is imminent??!! Please?
And that Caro’s final LBJ book is imminent??!! Please?
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If at first you don’t fumble, try, try again …
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If at first you don’t fumble, try, try again …
Perfect opening. Defense gets a stop. Offense scores a touchdown with Brown.
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Perfect opening. Defense gets a stop. Offense scores a touchdown with Brown.
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
I’m gonna need the birds to crush Dallas today in order to have a Happy Thanksgiving with my dad, a Dallas fan.
a man wearing a green shirt and a black jacket says go birds
Alt: a man wearing a green shirt and a black jacket says go birds
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November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’m gonna need the birds to crush Dallas today in order to have a Happy Thanksgiving with my dad, a Dallas fan.
The Dark Tower series by @stephenking.bsky.social
We finally got -a- movie, but it really needs the Game of Thrones treatment.
We finally got -a- movie, but it really needs the Game of Thrones treatment.
If you could have any book made into a movie, with whatever budget necessary to do it justice, what would it be?
@scumbelievable.bsky.social came up in my Instagram explore
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Dark Tower series by @stephenking.bsky.social
We finally got -a- movie, but it really needs the Game of Thrones treatment.
We finally got -a- movie, but it really needs the Game of Thrones treatment.
Wife: can we name our dog Prometheus?
Me: that’s a terrible name
Wife: but it’s so fun to say
Me: and what’s the nickname? prom?
Wife: true
Me: or meth, yes, we can name him Meth!
Wife: 🙄
Me: 🤣
Me: that’s a terrible name
Wife: but it’s so fun to say
Me: and what’s the nickname? prom?
Wife: true
Me: or meth, yes, we can name him Meth!
Wife: 🙄
Me: 🤣
Elon Musk spending billions of dollars to buy a social network to replicate what it's like to have friends who like you, and an AI to replicate what it's like to have a supportive father who praises you, only to have both consistently turn on him is Promethean torture if Prometheus had deserved it.
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Wife: can we name our dog Prometheus?
Me: that’s a terrible name
Wife: but it’s so fun to say
Me: and what’s the nickname? prom?
Wife: true
Me: or meth, yes, we can name him Meth!
Wife: 🙄
Me: 🤣
Me: that’s a terrible name
Wife: but it’s so fun to say
Me: and what’s the nickname? prom?
Wife: true
Me: or meth, yes, we can name him Meth!
Wife: 🙄
Me: 🤣
🧵 my recent readings:
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After reading most of Dostoevsky’s more popular works, I moved to Tolstoy. But also Jaouad and Doughty.
💙📚👀 #booksky
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After reading most of Dostoevsky’s more popular works, I moved to Tolstoy. But also Jaouad and Doughty.
💙📚👀 #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🧵 my recent readings:
1/
After reading most of Dostoevsky’s more popular works, I moved to Tolstoy. But also Jaouad and Doughty.
💙📚👀 #booksky
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After reading most of Dostoevsky’s more popular works, I moved to Tolstoy. But also Jaouad and Doughty.
💙📚👀 #booksky
Yes, please be patient as election officer teams have to follow legal procedures to "ascertain" the results. It's like doing taxes but after you woke up at 4am and worked a 13 hour day dealing with a thousand people.
As much as I love early exit analysis, nothing like getting feel on the ground
Vienna Community Center polling place in Fairfax County has steady stream of voters with 1 hour left
Everyone be patient, we will get results soon enough
Vienna Community Center polling place in Fairfax County has steady stream of voters with 1 hour left
Everyone be patient, we will get results soon enough
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yes, please be patient as election officer teams have to follow legal procedures to "ascertain" the results. It's like doing taxes but after you woke up at 4am and worked a 13 hour day dealing with a thousand people.
The City of Falls Church is at 38% turnout to end early voting today.
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The City of Falls Church is at 38% turnout to end early voting today.
Happy Halloween. Instilling fear in the hearts of all opposing teams, we are the scary Super Bowl Champions, the Philadelphia Eagles!
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly
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#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly
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October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Happy Halloween. Instilling fear in the hearts of all opposing teams, we are the scary Super Bowl Champions, the Philadelphia Eagles!
#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly
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#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly
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Reposted by Dave Bjerke
Former Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley reflects on nearly two decades in election administration and his ongoing efforts with Issue One and the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections to protect democracy nationwide.
Read more: https://loom.ly/5s-22j4
#thefulcrum #citizenconnect
Read more: https://loom.ly/5s-22j4
#thefulcrum #citizenconnect
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Neal Kelley
Former California registrar of voters and history buff discusses his decades of experience serving voters and his continued career in election administration in Hawaii.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Former Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley reflects on nearly two decades in election administration and his ongoing efforts with Issue One and the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections to protect democracy nationwide.
Read more: https://loom.ly/5s-22j4
#thefulcrum #citizenconnect
Read more: https://loom.ly/5s-22j4
#thefulcrum #citizenconnect
I finished Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. A must read for understanding root causes and solutions to poverty and housing issues. Heartbreaking, infuriating, the way public policy has rewarded profit over human dignity.
📚👀 #booksky
📚👀 #booksky
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I finished Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. A must read for understanding root causes and solutions to poverty and housing issues. Heartbreaking, infuriating, the way public policy has rewarded profit over human dignity.
📚👀 #booksky
📚👀 #booksky
I joined @realsharonmcmahon.bsky.social #Governerds #BookClub last season and while I did not reup this season, this is one of the books and she gets Justice Barrett for a discussion with the club. I just finished and it’s a fascinating look at the court from her pov. 1/
📚👀 #booksky
📚👀 #booksky
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I joined @realsharonmcmahon.bsky.social #Governerds #BookClub last season and while I did not reup this season, this is one of the books and she gets Justice Barrett for a discussion with the club. I just finished and it’s a fascinating look at the court from her pov. 1/
📚👀 #booksky
📚👀 #booksky
Reposted by Dave Bjerke
EAGLES BLOCK THE FIELD GOAL [AGAIN] TO WIN THE GAME
JORDAN DAVIS!
MERRILL REESE AND MIKE QUICK ON THE CALL!
#FlyEaglesFly
JORDAN DAVIS!
MERRILL REESE AND MIKE QUICK ON THE CALL!
#FlyEaglesFly
September 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
EAGLES BLOCK THE FIELD GOAL [AGAIN] TO WIN THE GAME
JORDAN DAVIS!
MERRILL REESE AND MIKE QUICK ON THE CALL!
#FlyEaglesFly
JORDAN DAVIS!
MERRILL REESE AND MIKE QUICK ON THE CALL!
#FlyEaglesFly
The Jordan Davis game.
September 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I love the Tush Push. And the more other people hate it, the more I love it.
September 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I love the Tush Push. And the more other people hate it, the more I love it.
Reposted by Dave Bjerke
"It's OVER. The Eagles are 2-0 as they defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17."
- Merrill Reese
- Merrill Reese
September 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"It's OVER. The Eagles are 2-0 as they defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-17."
- Merrill Reese
- Merrill Reese
Finished The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook. Very worth reading. Especially if you have friends or family who are QAnon or adjacent. It’s an addiction and the cure is very similar.
September 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Finished The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook. Very worth reading. Especially if you have friends or family who are QAnon or adjacent. It’s an addiction and the cure is very similar.
Reposted by Dave Bjerke
Nonpartisan elections director Dave Bjerke spends much of his (limited) free time with his family, as a combination swim team-soccer-marching band dad. He also has nearly 20 years of experience facilitating elections. Get to know Dave: https://tinyurl.com/2p9kc9h3
Meet the Faces of Democracy: Dave Bjerke - Issue One
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September 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Nonpartisan elections director Dave Bjerke spends much of his (limited) free time with his family, as a combination swim team-soccer-marching band dad. He also has nearly 20 years of experience facilitating elections. Get to know Dave: https://tinyurl.com/2p9kc9h3
Finished my first Taylor Jenkins Reid novel on a recommendation from my wife. Carrie Soto is Back. Very fun and gripping. It makes me want to play more tennis.
👀📚 #booksky
👀📚 #booksky
September 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Finished my first Taylor Jenkins Reid novel on a recommendation from my wife. Carrie Soto is Back. Very fun and gripping. It makes me want to play more tennis.
👀📚 #booksky
👀📚 #booksky
The Tommy Lawlor post game thoughts are always worth reading
#Eagles #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
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#Eagles #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
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Eagles Win A Bizarre Opener
The Eagles won their season opener 24-20 in a strange, tough battle against the Dallas Cowboys. It wasn't pretty, but they found a way to win.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Tommy Lawlor post game thoughts are always worth reading
#Eagles #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
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#Eagles #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly 🦅🏈🇺🇸
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September 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM