Both were brought deeper into national politics as the 2016 election unfolded while they were at Harvard. Long, who now runs his own data platform for political campaigns, was knocking on doors for Marco Rubio in New Hampshire during that election. (An early application of these techniques closer to home was Harvard Forward’s campaign to qualify candidates for the board of overseers by petition, and to elect several of them—a campaign Goldberg helped lead.) Having found success in the once-emerging field of political data, Long and Goldberg credit the resources and connections they found at Harvard for part of their success. While preparing to launch careers in political data during their senior spring, both relied on meetings with fellows from the Institute of Politics to better understand the data gap, and how they could close it.