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The Downballot | David Nir | Substack

Domain Summary

What IP addresses does The-downballot.com resolve to?

• The-downballot.com resolves to the IP addresses 3.231.35.217.

Where are The-downballot.com servers located in?

• The-downballot.com has servers located in Ashburn, Virginia, 20149, United States.

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Title:The Downballot | David Nir | Substack Description:Covering every election, from kickoff to call. Click to read The Downballot, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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What technologies does the-downballot.com use?

These are the technologies used at the-downballot.com. the-downballot.com has a total of 8 technologies installed in 7 different categories.
CDN
CloudFlare CloudFlare
Security
Cloudflare Bot Management Cloudflare Bot Management
HSTS HSTS
Web Frameworks
Express Express
Web Servers
Express Express
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3 HTTP/3
Open Graph Open Graph
Blogs
Substack Substack
Programming Languages
Node.js Node.js

the-downballot.com Traffic Analysis

The-downballot.com traffic has decreased by 67.54% compared to last month.
Daily Visitors n/a
75.64%
Monthly Visits n/a
67.54%
Pages per Visit n/a
108.04%
Visit duration n/a
37.01%
Bounce Rate n/a
22.42%
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Monthly Visits (SEMrush):
21,385
Monthly Unique Visitors (SEMrush):
11,200
HypeRank:
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SEMrush Rank:
572,311
*All traffic values are estimates only.

Traffic sources

Direct:
39.84%
Referral:
23.14%
Search:
29.84%
Social:
7.18%
Paid:
0%

Desktop vs Mobile

Desktop:
99.68%
Mobile:
0.32%

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Domain:
  the-downballot.com
Rank:
(Rank based on keywords, cost and organic traffic)
  572,311
Organic Keywords:
(Number of keywords in top 20 Google SERP)
  8,338
Organic Traffic:
(Number of visitors coming from top 20 search results)
  2,383
Organic Cost:
((How much need to spend if get same number of visitors from Google Adwords)
  $5.00
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Ad Experience Report ▼

Summary of the ad experience rating of a website for a specific platform.

Mobile summary

Root domain:
the-downballot.com
Ad filtering:
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Status:
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Not reviewed

Desktop summary

Root domain:
the-downballot.com
Ad filtering:
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Off
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Not reviewed

Abusive Experience Report ▼

Summary of the abusive experience rating of a website.
Root domain:
the-downballot.com
Enforcement:
(Chrome is not preventing your site from opening new windows or tabs.)
Off
Status:
(The status of the site reviewed for the abusive experiences.)
Not reviewed

Where is the-downballot.com hosted? ▼

The-downballot.com may be hosted in multiple data centers distributed in different locations around the world. This is probably just one of them.
Server IP:
3.231.35.217
ASN:
AS14618 
ISP:
Amazon.com, Inc. 
Server Location:
Ashburn
Virginia, VA
20149
United States, US
 

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How fast does the-downballot.com load? ▼

The average loading time of the-downballot.com is 745 ms.
Average Load Time:
745 ms

Does the-downballot.com use compression? ▼

Website compression is the process of reducing the size of website files, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files, to improve website performance and load times. Compressing website files can significantly reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred from the server to the user's browser, resulting in faster page load times and improved user experience. Files on the-downballot.com are reduced by 84%.
the-downballot.com use gzip compression.
Original size: 534.67 KB
Compressed size: 85.27 KB
File reduced by: 449.41 KB (84%)

Google Safe Browsing ▼

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This site is not currently listed as suspicious

MyWot.com Reputation Ratings

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Status:
  UNKNOWN

SSL Checker - SSL Certificate Verify ▼

An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate is a digital certificate that establishes a secure encrypted connection between a web server and a user's web browser. It provides authentication and encryption, ensuring that data transmitted between the server and the browser remains private and protected. the-downballot.com supports HTTPS.
 the-downballot.com supports HTTPS
     
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Common Name: www.the-downballot.com
Organization:
Location:
Issuer: WE1
Valid from: Oct 25 02:31:19 2025 GMT
Valid until: Jan 23 03:31:09 2026 GMT
Authority: CA:FALSE
Keysize:
Common Name: WE1
Organization: Google Trust Services
Location: US
Issuer: GTS Root R4
Valid from: Dec 13 09:00:00 2023 GMT
Valid until: Feb 20 14:00:00 2029 GMT
Authority: CA:TRUE
Keysize:
Common Name: GTS Root R4
Organization: Google Trust Services LLC
Location: US
Issuer: GlobalSign Root CA
Valid from: Nov 15 03:43:21 2023 GMT
Valid until: Jan 28 00:00:42 2028 GMT
Authority: CA:TRUE
Keysize:

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HTTP/2 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2) is a major revision of the HTTP protocol, which is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web. It was developed as an improvement over the previous HTTP/1.1 version to enhance web performance and efficiency.
 the-downballot.com supports HTTP/2
     
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Http Header ▼

HTTP headers are extra portions of records despatched among a consumer (which include an internet browser) and a server at some stage in an HTTP request or response. They offer instructions, metadata, or manipulate parameters for the conversation among the consumer and server. 
alt-svc: h3=":8443"; ma=2592000
location: https://www.the-downballot.com/
server: Caddy
content-length: 0
date: Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:01:03 GMT

HTTP/2 200 
date: Sun, 02 Nov 2025 11:01:03 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
server: cloudflare
cf-ray: 998321b7b9e8dbf4-FRA
cf-cache-status: MISS
cache-control: no-cache
content-encoding: gzip
etag: W/"85ab3-LjaR8WODUV3BNVKuV1UWNzNACKI"
link: <https://substackcdn.com>; rel=preconnect
set-cookie: ab_experiment_sampled=%22false%22; Max-Age=31536000; Domain=www.the-downballot.com; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:01:03 GMT; HttpOnly; Secure; SameSite=Lax
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strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
vary: Accept-Encoding
content-security-policy: frame-ancestors 'self' https://*.substack.com https://substack.com
x-cluster: substack
x-deploy: d14c50c6ee
x-powered-by: Express
x-served-by: Substack
x-service: web
x-sub: thedownballot
alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400

DNS Lookup ▼

DNS entries (Domain Name System) are a critical component of the Internet infrastructure. They act as directories that translate human-readable domain names (such as example.com) to machine-readable IP addresses. DNS records are stored on DNS servers and help forward internet traffic efficiently.
Type Ip Target/Txt TTL
A 3.231.35.217 600
NS ns60.domaincontrol.com 3600
NS ns59.domaincontrol.com 3600
SOA 3600
Mname ns59.domaincontrol.com
Rname dns.jomax.net
Serial Number 2025072800
Refresh 28800
Retry 7200
Expire 604800
Minimum TTL 600
MX alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 3600
MX alt3.aspmx.l.google.com 3600
MX alt4.aspmx.l.google.com 3600
MX aspmx.l.google.com 3600
MX alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 3600
TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all 3600
TXT google-site-verification=ed903LAs71KiqaPli83Y5cPcvnpq86VzSgDYKapthLM 3600
TXT google-site-verification=_AAASxK6Okb7Ejcgo2pvKyV3o9jsDq9jQPIdF-BmPEo 3600
TXT v=spf1 include:dc-aa8e722993._spfm.the-downballot.com ~all 3600