Crystal Huff

Executive Director of Include Better

In the foreground are many beans of different colors, especially pink, purple, black, and speckled pink-and-black. In the background are two books: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Copaganda by Alec Karakatsanis. There is also a bright yellow squash in the background on the left side.

Helping, and (Hopefully) Not Burning Out

October 28, 2025

I want to put in a word for “the thing you CAN do to help, without burning out, is the thing we’d love to have you do.” I’m saying this to everyone who hears me, so I’m also posting this to my blog for the folks who see me here sometimes. … More Helping, and (Hopefully) Not Burning Out

A graph showing voter turnout on the Y axis and year on the X axis. The overall pattern of voter turnout (demonstrated by a blue line) goes down over time. Back in 1963, the general municipal election saw 31,440 voters turn out. In 2015, with most seats on council uncontested (no primary election beforehand) and an incumbent mayor running uncontested for the seat ... municipal turnout of voters in 2015 was only 6,546 people.

Somerville’s Question 2 and Voting Analysis

October 21, 2025

This November 4th, there are lots of things on the Somerville ballot, including 3 ballot questions. The following is my opinion on Question 2, and a lot of analysis of historical voter turnout in the city. I put a bunch of data into Stata and came up with a linear regression equation to try to predict voter turnout. … More Somerville’s Question 2 and Voting Analysis