Documenting Unusual Declines in Republican Voting Rates in Florida's Western Panhandle Counties in 2000
17 Pages
Posted: 9 Jul 2001
Last revised: 25 Jul 2017
Crime Prevention Research Center
Date Written: 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 Classification: H0, J70, J78
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Lott, John R., Documenting Unusual Declines in Republican Voting Rates in Florida's Western Panhandle Counties in 2000 (May 8, 2001). Public Choice, Vol. 123, No. 3, 2005. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=276278 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.276278
