Bluesky users build custom election-night dashboards with DecisionDeskHQ's Votes Hub Pro
A viral Bluesky post showcasing a customizable, real-time election-results dashboard sparks a wide-ranging thread on tools, races to watch, and vote-security worries.
What to know
- A Bluesky post demoing a customizable DecisionDeskHQ 'Votes Hub Pro' election-night dashboard drew over 1,200 likes and 47 comments.
- Discussion split between enthusiasm for the tool (pricing, usability, nostalgia for older race-tracking tech) and attention to specific undercovered races like Florida's Senate contest.
- One commenter raised a security concern that DecisionDeskHQ's system could be exploited to interfere with vote counting, though this view was not widely echoed.
The dispute Most commenters treat the dashboard purely as a fun tracking tool, while at least one voice frames it as a potential vote-security vulnerability. · positions read across 25 posts and comments
The Votes Hub Pro dashboard is an exciting, worthwhile tool for tracking election night.
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“Holy crap that is awesome. Just to confirm - I just need the Votes Pro version to get this right? $4.99 seems like a HUGE bargain for this info.”
skippysj.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Underdiscussed races, especially Florida's Senate contest, deserve more national attention.
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“Absolutely no one cares about the Florida senate race (outside of the state). Very disappointing because Angie Nixon could be a dark horse!”
nolegirl921.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
The platform could pose a security or hacking risk to vote counting.
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“Be aware that DecisionDeskHQ may serve as an entryway for hacking the vote count.”
democracysos.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Allison Gill (muellershewrote.com) Bluesky poster / podcasterDecisionDeskHQ Election data provider
Angie Nixon Florida Senate candidate
David Jolly Florida political candidate
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A commenter warns tool could be a hacking entry point
One reply cautioned that DecisionDeskHQ's system could serve as a vector for interfering with vote counts, linking to an outside cybersecurity write-up, introducing a security-skeptic note into an otherwise celebratory thread.
“Be aware that DecisionDeskHQ may serve as an entryway for hacking the vote count.”
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Be aware that DecisionDeskHQ may serve as an entryway for hacking the vote count. See thiswillhold.
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Hard to believe but we built a similar customizable race watcher for the 1998 elections - you could pick US Senate, House, or Gov races and it would update every few seconds - back in the early Internet days
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Users praise and price-check the dashboard tool
Several commenters said the interactive dashboard felt like a sports scoreboard or fantasy-football tracker for politics, and asked whether the $4.99 Votes Pro subscription was all that was needed to replicate it.
“Holy crap that is awesome. Just to confirm - I just need the Votes Pro version to get this right? $4.99 seems like a HUGE bargain for this info.”
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I do! That race is in one of my three other dashboards. I only posted one here.
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Holy crap that is awesome. Just to confirm - I just need the Votes Pro version to get this right? $4.99 seems like a HUGE bargain for this info.
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Don't kid yourself, and don't underestimate Angie Nixon. DeSatan appointee Ashley Moody helped him divert (steal) $10M from children's healthcare! Nixon raised lots of money in DC over the weekend. We're ALL watching.
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Commenters flag races they'll be watching
Replies focused on which contests deserve attention, including Texas results and Florida's Senate race featuring Angie Nixon alongside David Jolly, with some arguing the Florida race is underrated nationally.
“Absolutely no one cares about the Florida senate race (outside of the state). Very disappointing because Angie Nixon could be a dark horse!”
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Absolutely no one cares about the Florida senate race (outside of the state). Very disappointing because Angie Nixon could be a dark horse!
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I agree - 100%. I think she’s a bonus to David Jolly and he’s a boost to her campaign. Seems like they will each bring out voters for each other neither one might reach on their own.
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Gill shares custom Votes Hub Pro election dashboard
Allison Gill (muellershewrote.com) posted screenshots/demo of a customizable, real-time election results dashboard built using DecisionDeskHQ's Votes Hub Pro, one of four she built for election night.
“NERD ALERT: This is so rad. Votes hub pro lets you customize your election results viewing dashboard.”
— muellershewrote.com -
NERD ALERT: This is so rad. @decisiondeskhq.bsky.social Votes hub pro lets you customize your election results viewing dashboard. Here's one of four I've built for election night. You can include other information in each race as well, such as district maps; and it's all updated in real time.
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I don't live there, but my hand to God I will be laser focused on those Texas results.
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You could always make a donation if possible. We need all the help we can get. Thx!🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
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What people are saying 7 voices from 1 site · best of 25 · verbatim
- Does the tool support ranked-choice races like Alaska's?
- Is $4.99 for Votes Pro sufficient to replicate the full dashboard shown, or are additional features needed?
- Sep 22
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I didn’t see Alaska on your board. Does the rank election they have make it more difficult to record?
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There’s no level of nerding out Election Night gizmos that will ever meet my needs. But it’s nice that they still try…
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Awesome. I will use yours. :) Thank you for all that you do.
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First things first. It’s impossible to win 7 swings with LESS than 50% of the vote. Impossible In 2024 the felon got less than 50. It’s just facts Americans. Just facts and math.
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Looking fwd to using it on election night. Wish they had similar tracking for aggregated polling, markets, and forecast PRE-election. I had Claude design a dashboard for me to track these things (long before they even released pro). I track all three, plus Cooks ratings vs my own. I love it!
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It's like Fantasy Football, but for politics. I always remember the West Wing episode where all the staff had bets on the most random races.
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This is totally like a classic sports scoreboard