The 2010 Elections in Florida It's the Economy, Stupid!

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Elections, 2010.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Elections--Florida.

Elections.

Florida--Politics and government.

Florida.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

iv, 179 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Univ Pr of Amer, 2013.

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The 2010 Elections in Florida: It's the Economy Stupid! 1

1 The 2010 Statewide Elections: A Unique Year 3

The Martinez Decision 3

The National Economy and Florida Politics 4

The Race for the U.S. Senate: The Candidates 5

The Race for Governor: The Candidates 6

The Race for Statewide Office: Attorney General, Chief Financial Commissioner of Agriculture and Chief Financial Officer 7

Part II The Race for the U.S. Senate 9

2 The Campaign for the U.S. Senate: Background and Context 11

The Primary Campaigns 11

The Democratic Primary: Background and Context 16

The Outcome of the Democratic Primary 22

The U.S. Senate General Election 22

The Outcome of the Senate Race 29

3 The Senatorial Election Results 31

Alternative Voting: Early and Absentee Ballots 31

Patterns in Senatorial Elections: Party Success 32

The County-by-County Outcome 33

Part III The Race for Governor 43

4 Social Groups and the Senatorial Vote: 2006, 2008, 2010 45

How Social Groups Voted in the Senatorial Race 45

Gender, Age, and Race 45

Changing in Voting Coalitions between 2006 and 2010 47

5 The Race for Governor: Strategy 53

The Republican Primary 54

The Outcome of the Primary 58

The General Election for Governor 59

6 The Gubernatorial Election Results 65

The County-by-County Vote 65

Voter Turnout 66

7 Group Voting in the 2010 Gubernatorial Election 69

How Social Groups Voted in the 2010 Gubernatorial Election 69

Voting Coalitions, 1998 through 2010 71

Part IV The Races for Other Statewide Offices 83

8 The Race for Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer and Officer and Commissioner of Agriculture 85

The Primary Campaign for Attorney General 85

The General Election for Attorney General 91

The Race for Commissioner of Agriculture 97

Election Results for Statewide Offices 99

Part V The 2010 Congressional Elections 103

9 The Campaigns for Congress 105

Introduction 105

District by District Analysis 106

The Pattern of Outcomes 122

Explaining the Results 124

Part VI The 2010 State Legislative Elections 141

10 The Campaigns for the State Legislature 143

Introduction 143

The Parameters of the 2010 Election 143

Overall Results: Legislative Races with Two-Party Competition 145

Competitive Races in 2010: House Seats 145

Competitive Senate Races 150

Additional Incumbent Losses 151

Patterns of Outcomes 153

Explaining the Results 155

Part VII The Florida Elections of 2010 in Perspective 159

11 The 2010 Election and the Future of Florida Politics 161

Introduction 161

Legislative Apportionment 162

Minor Party Candidates 165

Term Limits 166.

ISBN:

9780761861720

0761861726

OCLC:

852833489