The 2010 Elections in Florida

Robert E. Crew

doi:10.5771/9780761861737

Summary

This book places the 2010 elections in Florida in historical context and offers insight into and an explanation for the substantial gains made by the Republicans that year. This book provides narratives of gubernatorial, U.S. Senatorial, congressional, and state legislative campaigns along with empirical data on voter registration, voter turnout, and the electoral behavior of groups in the Florida electorate. It also speaks to the importance of national forces on state level elections and the impact of external advocacy groups in such elections.

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Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6172-0
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6173-7
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 179
Product type: Book Titles

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS No access
2. List of Tables No access
3. Preface No access
1. 1. The Martinez Decision No access
  2. The National Economy and Florida Politics No access
  3. The Race for the U.S. Senate: The Candidates No access
  4. The Race for Governor: The Candidates No access
  5. The Race for Statewide Office: Attorney General, Chief Financial Commissioner of Agriculture and Chief Financial Officer No access
1. 1. The Primary Campaigns No access
  2. The Democratic Primary: Background and Context No access
  3. The Outcome of the Democratic Primary No access
  4. The U.S. Senate General Election No access
  5. The Outcome of the Senate Race No access
2. 1. Alternative Voting: Early and Absentee Ballots No access
  2. Patterns in Senatorial Elections: Party Success No access
  3. The County-by-County Outcome No access
1. 1. How Social Groups Voted in the Senatorial Race No access
  2. Gender, Age, and Race No access
  3. Changing in Voting Coalitions between 2006 and 2010 No access
2. 1. The Republican Primary No access
  2. The Outcome of the Primary No access
  3. The General Election for Governor No access
3. 1. The County-by-County Vote No access
  2. Voter Turnout No access
4. 1. How Social Groups Voted in the 2010 Gubernatorial Election No access
  2. Voting Coalitions, 1998 through 2010 No access
1. 1. The Primary Campaign for Attorney General No access
  2. The General Election for Attorney General No access
  3. The Race for Commissioner of Agriculture No access
  4. Election Results for Statewide Offices No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. District by District Analysis No access
  3. The Pattern of Outcomes No access
  4. Explaining the Results No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The Parameters of the 2010 Election No access
  3. Overall Results: Legislative Races with Two-Party Competition No access
  4. Competitive Races in 2010: House Seats No access
  5. Competitive Senate Races No access
  6. Additional Incumbent Losses No access
  7. Patterns of Outcomes No access
  8. Explaining the Results No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Legislative Apportionment No access
  3. Minor Party Candidates No access
  4. Term Limits No access
Bibliography No access Pages 167 - 172
Index No access Pages 173 - 179