2014 Elections in Florida (eBook)

The Last Gasp From the 2012 Elections

Mary Ruggiero Anderson, Robert E. Crew Jr. (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
92 Seiten
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-7013-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the conduct and outcome of the Florida elections in 2014; the race for Governor, for state constitutional offices, for the US Congress and for the Florida State Legislature. It compares these elections to their predecessors.

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This book places the 2014 elections in Florida in historical perspective and provides an analysis of the outcomes of each of the state and federal races held in that year: Governor, State Constitutional Offices, the US Congress and the Florida State House of Representatives and the State Senate. It draws on information from exit polls and data from state voter registration rolls and county and district election outcomes. It also utilizes campaign expenditure data from the files of the Florida Department of State and from the US Elections Commission. The book provides a discussion of the context within which the elections took place and of the strategies and tactics employed by the candidates. An explanation for the outcome of the gubernatorial race is provided through an analysis of voting coalitions that supported the leading candidates. It closes with an analysis of the competitiveness of elections in Florida.

Autor

Robert E. Crew, Jr. is Professor of Political Science and Director of the graduate program in applied American politics at Florida State University. He has written widely on Florida politics and has managed and consulted on political campaigns in Florida and elsewhere. Mary R. Anderson is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science and International Studies department at the University of Tampa. She specializes in research on public opinion and policy including the influence of psychology on political behavior. Her work has been published in The American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Journal of Women, Politics and Policy, Journal of Human Rights and Human Behavior. She is the author of three books. She lives in Tampa with her husband and three children.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations …List of Tables …Preface ...Acknowledgments ... OneThe Race for Governor … The Candidates and the PrimariesThe General Election for Governor: Strategic ContextPositioning, Targeting and MessageHow the Republicans CampaignedHow the Democrats CampaignedSummaryTwoThe Gubernatorial Election Results … Vote by Mail and Early VotingVoter TurnoutCounty by County ResultsThreeExplaining the Outcome: Group Voting in the 2014 Gubernatorial Election … Gender, Age, and RaceEducation and IncomeReligionParty Identification and IdeologyVoting in Coalitions Elections: 1998-2014FourIssue Opinions and Candidate Choice: Gubernatorial Election 2014 … The EconomyHealthcareSocial IssuesThe Obama EffectMedical Marijuana Amendment FiveThe Campaigns for the Constitutional Offices … The Race for Attorney GeneralThe Race for Chief Financial OfficerThe Race for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesSixThe Congressional Campaign … The Pattern of Outcomes in the 2012 Congressional ElectionsSevenThe Campaigns for the Florida State Legislature … The State Senate CampaignsHouse of Representatives Campaigns Patterns in the Outcomes of the Florida Legislative RacesEightThe 2014 Elections and the Future of Florida Politics … Legislative Competition in Florida and the Nation, 1968–2014Competitiveness in the 2014 State Legislative Elections: Five Percent MarginalityCompetitiveness in the 2014 State Legislative Elections: Incumbency Success Competitiveness in the 2014 State Legislative Elections: Uncontested Seats Monetary Factors in Electoral CompetitionReferences … About the Authors … Index …

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Patterns and Trends in Florida Elections
• Zusatzinfo: 25 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 24 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Campaign Strategies • Electorial competitiveness • Financial competitiveness • Florida elections • Legislative reapportionment • Rick Scott
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-7013-X / 076187013X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-7013-5 / 9780761870135