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Documenting Unusual Declines in Republican Voting Rates in Florida's Western Panhandle Counties in 2000

John R. Lott Jr.
University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland

May 8, 2001

Abstract:
Using voting data for presidential elections from 1976 to 2000, this paper documents an unusual and large drop off in Republican voting rates for Florida's western Panhandle during the 2000 general elections. Little change appears to have occurred in the rate that non-Republicans voted. The results appear more consistent with the early call that Democrats affected Republican voting rates than the networks discouraging all voters from voting by incorrectly calling the polls closed in the western Panhandle.

JEL Classifications: H0, J70, J78

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Date posted: July 09, 2001 ; Last revised: October 13, 2009

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Lott, John R., Documenting Unusual Declines in Republican Voting Rates in Florida's Western Panhandle Counties in 2000 (May 8, 2001). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=276278 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.276278

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John R. Lott Jr. (Contact Author)

University of Maryland Foundation, University of Maryland ( email )

University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
United States