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.[8][9]
The company as of 2018 claims that it has data on 240 million unique individuals in the United States, to be used by "progressive" organizations. Laura Quinn remained chief executive officer.[10]
After the 2020 election, Catalist published an analysis of turnout and votes among various demographic groups that contributed to the Biden / Harris ticket's victory.[11]
In June 2021, 30 workers for Catalist announced that a super majority of workers had signed union authorization cards to be represented by the Communication Workers of America through CODE-CWA, and that Catalist had voluntarily recognized the workers' union.[2] They did not unionize to improve working conditions, but because workers felt that since the company does work for the labor movement, its employees should be unionized.[2]
^ abcRodrigo, Chris (2021-06-16). "Workers at progressive data firm Catalist unionize". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-12-22. Workers at Catalist, a data firm that works with progressive causes, have formed a union that was voluntarily recognized by management Wednesday. ... Catalist provides data infrastructure like voter files and models for a wide swath of left-leaning organizations and labor unions including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the AFL-CIO. ... Catalist workers say they pursued unionization not because of any specific perceived mistreatment, but because of a broader belief in the benefits of organizing. ... Davinia Camellia, an account executive at the firm, told The Hill that the organizing workers' "overall philosophy" was that if they were going to be doing work with the labor movement then they should be represented by a union as well.
