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08-27-2009, 04:46 AM
Florida Recorded Vote (in thousands)
2000 Vote Pct 2004 Vote Pct
Gore 2912 48.8% Kerry 3584 47.1%
Bush 2913 48.8% Bush 3965 52.1%
Other 139 2.4% Other 62 0.8%

Recorded Vote by County Machine Type
County Vote Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
DRE 3.90 51.3% 47.8% 0.9% 2.00 1.86 .04
OS 3.71 42.3% 57.0% 0.7% 1.57 2.11 .03

Total 7.61 47.1% 52.1% 0.8% 3.57 3.98 .06

County Mix Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
DRE
Dem 41.57% 1.62 84% 15% 1% 1.36 0.24 0.02
Rep 36.13% 1.41 6% 93% 1% 0.08 1.31 0.01
Ind 22.30% 0.87 60% 38% 2% 0.52 0.33 0.02

Vote 3.903 3.90 50.5% 48.3% 1.2% 1.97 1.89 0.05

OS
Dem 41.15% 1.53 71% 28% 1% 1.08 0.43 0.02
Rep 39.52% 1.47 5% 94% 1% 0.07 1.38 0.01
Ind 19.33% 0.72 60% 38% 2% 0.43 0.27 0.01

Vote 3.707 3.71 42.8% 56.0% 1.2% 1.59 2.08 0.04

Total
Dem 41.37% 3.15 77.7% 21.3% 1.0% 2.45 0.67 0.03
Rep 37.79% 2.88 5.5% 93.5% 1.0% 0.16 2.69 0.03
Ind 20.85% 1.59 60.0% 38.0% 2.0% 0.95 0.60 0.03

Vote 7.610 7.61 46.7% 52.1% 1.2% 3.56 3.96 0.09


Evaluation of Edison/Mitofsky Election System 2004
(see pg.32 for state WPE measures)

2004 Kerry Bush
IMS WPE 51.0% 48.2%
Best GEO 49.2 50.3
Composite 49.3 50.1

Recorded 47.1 52.1


Florida General Exit Poll
Bush wins by 49.6-49.2% (30,000 votes)

Reg Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 38% 2.89 86% 13% 1% 2.49 0.38 0.03
Rep 39% 2.97 7% 92% 1% 0.21 2.73 0.03
Ind 23% 1.75 60% 38% 2% 1.05 0.67 0.04

Total 7.61 7.61 49.2% 49.6% 1.2% 3.74 3.77 0.09



2000 Recorded
Voted Record Unctd Cast Deaths Alive
DNV
Gore 2.91 0.13 3.04 0.16 2.89
Bush 2.91 0.04 2.95 0.14 2.81
Nader 0.14 0.01 0.14 0.01 0.14

Total 5.96 0.17 6.14 0.30 5.84


2004 Calculated
Turnout Voted Weight Kerry Bush Other
DNV 2.27 29.0% 54% 45% 1%
Gore 95% 2.74 35.1% 90% 10% 0%
Bush 95% 2.67 34.2% 9% 91% 0%
Nader 95% 0.13 1.6% 64% 19% 17%

Total 5.55 7.81 100% 51.41% 48.02% 0.57%
7.81 4.02 3.75 0.04


Kerry Vote Share Kerry Vote Share

Gore share of Bush 2000 Turnout: 95.0%
Kerry share of Bush 2000 voters: 9.0%
Uncounted Gore Voter Turnout Gore voters New voters (DNV in 2000)
51.4% 91% 93% 95% 97% 99% 51.4% 50% 52% 54% 56% 58%
85% 51.0% 51.3% 51.6% 51.8% 52.1% 94% 51.6% 52.2% 52.8% 53.4% 54.0%
80% 51.0% 51.2% 51.5% 51.8% 52.0% 92% 50.9% 51.5% 52.1% 52.7% 53.3%
75% 50.9% 51.1% 51.4% 51.7% 51.9% 90% 50.2% 50.8% 51.4% 52.0% 52.6%
70% 50.8% 51.1% 51.3% 51.6% 51.9% 88% 49.5% 50.1% 50.7% 51.3% 51.9%
65% 50.7% 51.0% 51.2% 51.5% 51.8% 86% 48.8% 49.4% 50.0% 50.6% 51.2%

Kerry Margin Kerry Margin

0.26 91% 93% 95% 97% 99% 0.26 50% 52% 54% 56% 58%
85% 0.21 0.25 0.29 0.33 0.38 94% 0.30 0.39 0.48 0.57 0.67
80% 0.19 0.24 0.28 0.32 0.36 92% 0.19 0.28 0.37 0.46 0.56
75% 0.18 0.22 0.26 0.31 0.35 90% 0.08 0.17 0.26 0.35 0.45
70% 0.17 0.21 0.25 0.29 0.33 88% (0.03) 0.06 0.15 0.25 0.34
65% 0.15 0.20 0.24 0.28 0.32 86% (0.14) (0.05) 0.04 0.14 0.23

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Model II – Adjusted Florida General Exit Poll (Composite)
County Registration Weights and Vote shares

Unadjusted Exit Poll
The WPE (Within Precinct Error) is the average difference in margin between the raw, unadjusted exit poll and recorded vote.
Kerry won the unadjusted exit poll by 51.0-48.2% (210,000 votes).

Composite Estimate
The Composite is the adjusted weighted average of the Prior Estimate and Best Survey Estimate.

Florida General (Composite) Exit Poll
Bush won the poll by 49.6-49.2% (30,000 votes)

Reg Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 38% 2.89 86% 13% 1% 2.49 0.38 0.03
Rep 39% 2.97 7% 92% 1% 0.21 2.73 0.03
Ind 23% 1.75 60% 38% 2% 1.05 0.67 0.04

Total 7.61 7.61 49.2% 49.6% 1.2% 3.74 3.77 0.09

Adjust Exit Poll weights to actual voter registration shares
Kerry wins by 50.7-48.1% (200,000 votes)


Mix Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 41.37% 3.15 86% 13% 1% 2.71 0.41 0.03
Rep 37.79% 2.88 7% 92% 1% 0.20 2.65 0.03
Ind 20.85% 1.59 60% 38% 2% 0.95 0.60 0.03

Vote 7.61 7.61 50.73% 48.06% 1.21% 3.86 3.66 0.09


Adjust to plausible DRE and Opscan county vote shares
Kerry wins by 52.0-46.8% (400,000 votes)

DRE Mix Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 41.57% 1.62 90% 9% 1% 1.46 0.15 0.02
Rep 36.13% 1.41 7% 92% 1% 0.10 1.30 0.01
Ind 22.30% 0.87 62% 36% 2% 0.54 0.31 0.02

Vote 3.903 3.90 53.8% 45.0% 1.2% 2.10 1.76 0.05

OS
Dem 41.15% 1.53 87% 12% 1% 1.33 0.18 0.02
Rep 39.52% 1.47 7% 92% 1% 0.10 1.35 0.01
Ind 19.33% 0.72 60% 38% 2% 0.43 0.27 0.01

Vote 3.707 3.71 50.2% 48.6% 1.2% 1.86 1.80 0.04

Total
Dem 41.37% 3.15 88.5% 10.5% 1.0% 2.79 0.33 0.03
Rep 37.79% 2.88 7.0% 92.0% 1.0% 0.20 2.65 0.03
Ind 20.85% 1.59 61.1% 36.9% 2.0% 0.97 0.59 0.03

Vote 7.61 7.61 52.0% 46.8% 1.2% 3.96 3.56 0.09


Sensitivity Analysis I

Calculate Kerry’s Florida vote share and margin over a range of TS and OS county registration/vote share scenarios.

If Kerry won 7% (his National Exit Poll share) of Florida Republicans, then to win the state he needs just 79% of Democrats in OpScan counties and 86% in TS (DRE) counties.

Kerry share of DRE county Democrats
share 86.0% 88.0% 90.0% 92.0% 94.0%
of OS
Kerry Vote share
91% 52.0% 52.4% 52.8% 53.2% 53.7%
89% 51.6% 52.0% 52.4% 52.8% 53.3%

87% 51.2% 51.6% 52.0% 52.4% 52.9%

85% 50.8% 51.2% 51.6% 52.0% 52.5%
83% 50.4% 50.8% 51.2% 51.6% 52.1%
81% 50.0% 50.4% 50.8% 51.2% 51.7%
79% 49.6% 50.0% 50.4% 50.8% 51.3%

Kerry Vote margin
91% 0.39 0.46 0.52 0.59 0.65
89% 0.33 0.39 0.46 0.52 0.59

87% 0.27 0.33 0.40 0.46 0.53

85% 0.21 0.27 0.34 0.40 0.47
83% 0.15 0.21 0.28 0.34 0.41
81% 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.28 0.35
79% 0.02 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.28

Sensitivity Analysis II

Calculate Kerry’s Florida vote share for various combination shares of Democrats and Independents.
Kerry wins the state if he captures 84% of Democrats and 58% of independents.

Base Case Scenario

Mix Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 41.37% 3.15 86% 13% 1% 2.71 0.41 0.03
Rep 37.79% 2.88 7% 92% 1% 0.20 2.65 0.03
Ind 20.85% 1.59 60% 38% 2% 0.95 0.60 0.03

Vote 7.610 7.61 50.7% 48.1% 1.2% 3.86 3.66 0.09

Kerry % Democrats
Kerry 84.0% 85.0% 86.0% 87.0% 88.0%
% Ind
Kerry Vote share
64% 50.7% 51.1% 51.6% 52.0% 52.4%
62% 50.3% 50.7% 51.1% 51.6% 52.0%
60% 49.9% 50.3% 50.7% 51.1% 51.6%
58% 49.5% 49.9% 50.3% 50.7% 51.1%
56% 49.1% 49.5% 49.9% 50.3% 50.7%
54% 48.7% 49.1% 49.5% 49.9% 50.3%

Kerry Vote margin
64% 0.20 0.27 0.33 0.39 0.46
62% 0.14 0.20 0.27 0.33 0.39
60% 0.08 0.14 0.20 0.27 0.33
58% 0.01 0.08 0.14 0.20 0.27
56% (0.05) 0.01 0.08 0.14 0.20
54% (0.11) (0.05) 0.01 0.08 0.14


Florida Pre-election Polls
The final moving average projection: Kerry 51.1-48.8%

Poll Projection Moving Avg
Date Pollster Kerry Bush Nader Kerry Bush Nader Kerry Bush
23-May Zogby 49 48 1 50.4 48.6 1.0
31-May Rasmussen 39 51 1 45.3 53.7 1.0
06-Jun Zogby 50 48 1 50.7 48.3 1.0
14-Jun Survey USA 43 50 1 47.2 51.8 1.0
17-Jun Rasmussen 48 44 1 52.9 46.1 1.0

20-Jun Zogby 46 50 1 48.1 50.9 1.0
22-Jun Rasmussen 48 42 1 54.3 44.7 1.0
23-Jun ARG 47 46 1 51.2 47.8 1.0
27-Jun Quinnipiac 43 43 5 49.3 45.7 5.0
30-Jun Rasmussen 48 43 0 54.3 45.7 0.0 50.4 48.3

11-Jul Survey USA 47 44 0 53.3 46.7 0.0 50.7 48.1
15-Jul ARG 47 44 3 51.2 45.8 3.0 51.3 47.4
21-Jul LA Times 44 45 2 50.3 47.7 2.0 51.2 47.3
22-Jul Gallup 46 50 1 48.1 50.9 1.0 51.3 47.2
23-Jul Zogby 48 49 1 49.4 49.6 1.0 51.0 47.6

30-Jul Zogby 50 47 2 50.7 47.3 2.0 51.2 47.2
05-Aug ARG 50 43 2 53.5 44.5 2.0 51.1 47.2
10-Aug Quinnipiac 47 41 4 52.6 43.4 4.0 51.3 46.7
21-Aug Zogby 50 49 0 50.7 49.3 0.0 51.4 47.1
22-Aug Gallup 46 48 2 48.8 49.2 2.0 51.2 47.3

24-Aug Rasmussen 47 49 2 48.4 49.6 2.0 50.9 47.5
25-Aug Research2k 46 46 2 50.2 47.8 2.0 50.6 47.7
11-Sep Rasmussen 47 48 1 49.8 49.2 1.0 50.3 47.9
14-Sep Survey USA 45 51 0 47.8 52.2 0.0 50.0 48.4
16-Sep Rasmussen 47 48 0 50.5 49.5 0.0 50.0 48.5

17-Sep Zogby 48 48 1 50.1 48.9 1.0 50.2 48.4
20-Sep ARG 46 45 2 50.9 47.1 2.0 50.3 48.2
22-Sep Gallup 45 47 2 49.2 48.8 2.0 50.2 48.3
26-Sep Rasmussen 49 48 0 51.1 48.9 0.0 50.0 48.7
27-Sep Gallup 44 49 2 47.5 50.5 2.0 49.6 49.3

29-Sep Rasmussen 47 50 0 49.1 50.9 0.0 49.5 49.4
03-Oct Survey USA 46 51 0 48.1 51.9 0.0 49.4 49.6
04-Oct Rasmussen 46 52 0 47.4 52.6 0.0 49.3 49.9
05-Oct Mason-Dixon 44 48 0 49.6 50.4 0.0 49.3 50.1
05-Oct ARG 47 45 2 51.2 46.8 2.0 49.4 49.9

05-Oct Zogby 50 49 1 50.0 49.0 1.0 49.6 49.6
05-Oct Rasmussen 45 52 0 47.1 52.9 0.0 49.3 49.9
10-Oct Rasmussen 45 49 0 49.2 50.8 0.0 49.2 50.1
10-Oct Wash Post 47 47 1 50.5 48.5 1.0 49.2 50.2
14-Oct Rasmussen 46 48 0 50.2 49.8 0.0 49.3 50.3

16-Oct Mason-Dixon 45 48 0 49.9 50.1 0.0 49.2 50.4
17-Oct Survey USA 50 49 0 50.7 49.3 0.0 49.4 50.3
18-Oct Zogby 49 50 0 49.7 50.3 0.0 49.5 50.2
18-Oct Rasmussen 47 47 0 51.2 48.8 0.0 49.7 49.9
21-Oct Research 2000 48 47 2 50.1 47.9 2.0 50.0 49.6

23-Oct Rasmussen 48 48 0 50.8 49.2 0.0 50.1 49.5
24-Oct Survey USA 50 48 0 51.4 48.6 0.0 50.1 49.6
25-Oct ARG 49 46 0 52.5 47.5 0.0 50.3 49.5
26-Oct Quinnipiac 44 44 1 51.7 47.3 1.0 50.7 49.0
26-Oct Rasmussen 48 48 0 50.8 49.2 0.0 50.8 48.9

27-Oct Zogby 46 48 0 50.2 49.8 0.0 50.8 49.0
27-Oct NY Times 48 47 2 50.1 47.9 2.0 50.8 48.8
28-Oct Rasmussen 46 49 0 49.5 50.5 0.0 50.7 48.9
29-Oct Mason-Dixon 45 49 0 49.2 50.8 0.0 50.6 49.0
29-Oct Zogby 47 45 0 52.6 47.4 0.0 50.8 48.7

29-Oct Rasmussen 47 48 0 50.5 49.5 0.0 50.8 48.8
30-Oct Gallup 49 45 0 53.2 46.8 0.0 51.0 48.7
30-Oct Zogby 49 47 0 51.8 48.2 0.0 51.1 48.6
30-Oct Rasmussen 47 49 0 49.8 50.2 0.0 51.0 48.8
31-Oct Opinion Dyn 49 44 1 53.2 45.8 1.0 51.1 48.6

31-Oct Survey USA 48 49 0 50.1 49.9 0.0 50.9 48.8
31-Oct Zogby 48 47 0 51.5 48.5 0.0 51.0 48.8
31-Oct Rasmussen 47 50 0 49.1 50.9 0.0 50.9 48.9
01-Nov ARG 50 48 0 51.4 48.6 0.0 51.0 48.9
01-Nov Zogby 48 48 0 50.8 49.2 0.0 51.1 48.8

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Florida 2004 Exit Poll (Composite)

Party-ID (2743 respondents)

Mix Votes Kerry Bush Other Kerry Bush Other
Dem 38% 2.89 86% 13% 1% 2.49 0.38 0.03
Rep 39% 2.97 7% 92% 1% 0.21 2.73 0.03
Ind 23% 1.75 60% 38% 2% 1.05 0.67 0.04

Total 7.61 7.61 49.2% 49.6% 1.2% 3.74 3.77 0.09

Adjusted to party registration weights

Dem 41.37% 3.15 86% 13% 1% 2.71 0.41 0.03
Rep 37.79% 2.88 7% 92% 1% 0.20 2.65 0.03
Ind 20.85% 1.59 60% 38% 2% 0.95 0.60 0.03

Vote 7.610 7.61 50.7% 48.1% 1.2% 3.86 3.66 0.09

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Bush Approval (2409)

Approval Pct Kerry Bush Other
Strong 35 4 96 0
Approve 18 17 82 1
Disapprove 12 84 13 3
Strong 35 98 1 1

Share% 100 48.8 50.3 0.9
Votes 3720 3828 69

Adjusted to 48.5% average approval

Strong 33.0 4 96 0
Approve 15.5 17 82 1
Disapprove 14.5 84 13 3
Strong 37.0 98 1 1

Share% 100 52.4 46.7 0.9
Votes 7610 3988 3554 69


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When Decided (2162)

Decided Pct Kerry Bush Other
3days 8 53 45 2
Week 3 70 27 3
Month 12 61 38 1
Before 77 46 54 0

Share% 100 49.1 50.6 0.4
Votes 7610 3735 3847 28


Adjusted 30+days to 50/50

3days 8 53 45 2
Week 3 70 27 3
Month 12 61 38 1
Before 77 50 50 0

Share% 100 52.2 47.5 0.4
Votes 7610 3969 3612 28

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Mix KERRY BUSH Other Bush Change in share from 2000
GENDER
Male 46 47 52 1 -2 Males shifted to Kerry from Bush?
Female 54 52 48 0 +3 Females shifted to Bush from Gore?

TOTAL 100 49.7 49.8 0.5

GENDER/RACE
WMale 33 42 57 1
WFemale 38 46 53 1
NWMale 13 59 40 1
NWFem 16 64 36 0

TOTAL 100 49.3 49.9 0.8

RACE
White 70 44 55 1 -2 Whites move away from Bush?
Black 12 87 12 1 +5 Blacks shifted to Bush by 5%?
Hsp/Lat 15 46 54 0 +5 Hispanics shifted to Bush by 5%?
Asian 1 - - - -
Other 2 34 66 - -

TOTAL 100 48.8 49.4 0.8

AGE
18-29 17 60 39 1 -1
30-44 27 48 51 1 +1
45-59 28 44 55 1 +6 Baby boomers for Bush?
60+ 28 49 50 1 -1

TOTAL 100 49.2 49.8 1.0

18-64 81 49 50 1 2
65+ 19 51 49 0 -3

TOTAL 100 49.4 49.8 0.8


INCOME
<15k 9 61 38 1
15-30 15 61 37 2
30-50 22 53 46 1
50-75 21 47 52 1
75-100 14 40 60 0
100-150 10 46 54 0
150-200 4 41 58 1
200+ 5 43 56 1

TOTAL 100 50.2 48.9 0.9

<50k 46 57 42 1
50k+ 54 44 55 1

TOTAL 100 50.0 49.0 1.0

50-100 81 52 48 0
100+ 19 44 56 0

TOTAL 100 50.5 49.5 0.


EDUCATION
NoHS 3 55 43 2 -4
HighSch 20 53 47 0 5 Bush gain in HSG while losing other 80%?
College 34 50 49 1 0
ColGrad 27 46 54 0 -3
PostGr 16 48 51 1 -1

TOTAL 100 49.3 50.1 0.6

COLLEGE
No 57 52 48 0
Yes 43 46 53 1

TOTAL 100 49.4 50.2 0.4

IDEOLOGY
Liberal 20 82 16 2 -1
Moderate 47 59 41 0 -5 Big Moderate shift to Kerry
Conserv 33 14 85 1 8 Conservatives overwhelmed Libs and Mods?

TOTAL 100 48.8 50.5 0.7

FIRST-TIME VOTER
Yes 13 58 41 1
No 87 48 51 1

TOTAL 100 49.3 49.7 1.0

RELIGION
Protestant 51 42 57 1 2
Catholic 27 45 55 0 3
Jewish 6 81 19 0 0
Other 6 71 28 1 -12
None 10 68 30 2 4 Atheists for Bush?

TOTAL 100 49.5 49.7 0.8

FINANCIAL SITUATION
Better 34 16 84 0 48
Worse 28 87 12 1 -50
Same 38 51 48 1 -16

TOTAL 100 49.2 50.2 0.6

DID CANDIDATE CALL YOU?
Kerry 16 81 18 1
Bush 15 13 86 1
Both 20 57 43 1
None 49 48 51 1

TOTAL 100 49.8 49.4 1.0


POPULATION- 5 CATEGORIES
Urban 7 35 65 0
50-500k 19 50 49 1
Suburb 61 53 47 0
10-50k 9 45 54 1
Rural 4 34 66 0

TOTAL 100 49.7 50.0 0.3


POPULATION- 3 CATEGORIES
Urban 26 46 53 1 4 Bush Urban Legend?
Suburbs 61 52 48 0 1
Rural 13 42 57 1 1

TOTAL 100 49.1 50.5 0.4

2000 Recorded Vote by County

County Precincts Total Gore Bush Buchanan Nader Other Gore Bush Buchanan Nader
Totals 5884 5963 2912 2913 17 97 24 48.83% 48.85% 0.29% 1.63%

Alachua 53 86 47 34 0 3 1 55.2% 39.8% 0.3% 3.8%
Baker 8 8 2 6 0 0 0 29.3% 68.8% 0.9% 0.6%
Bay 47 59 19 39 0 1 0 32.1% 65.7% 0.4% 1.4%
Bradford 21 9 3 5 0 0 0 35.5% 62.4% 0.7% 1.0%
Brevard 177 218 97 115 1 4 1 44.6% 52.7% 0.3% 2.0%

Broward 618 573 387 177 1 7 2 67.4% 30.9% 0.1% 1.2%
Calhoun 13 5 2 3 0 0 0 41.7% 55.5% 1.7% 0.8%
Charlotte 63 67 30 35 0 1 0 44.3% 53.0% 0.3% 2.2%
Citrus 35 57 26 30 0 1 0 44.6% 52.0% 0.5% 2.4%
Clay 51 57 15 42 0 1 0 25.5% 72.8% 0.3% 1.0%

Collier 96 92 30 60 0 1 0 32.5% 65.6% 0.1% 1.5%
Columbia 31 19 7 11 0 0 0 38.1% 59.2% 0.5% 1.4%
Miami-Dade 614 625 329 290 1 5 1 52.6% 46.3% 0.1% 0.9%
DeSoto 15 8 3 4 0 0 0 42.5% 54.5% 0.5% 2.0%
Dixie 11 5 2 3 0 0 0 39.1% 57.8% 0.6% 1.6%

Duval 268 265 108 152 1 3 1 40.8% 57.5% 0.2% 1.0%
Escambia 108 117 41 73 1 2 0 35.1% 62.6% 0.4% 1.5%
Flagler 27 27 14 13 0 0 0 51.3% 46.5% 0.3% 1.6%
Franklin 8 5 2 2 0 0 0 44.1% 52.8% 0.7% 1.8%
Gadsden 16 15 10 5 0 0 0 66.1% 32.4% 0.3% 0.9%

Gilchrist 10 5 2 3 0 0 0 35.4% 61.2% 0.5% 1.8%
Glades 13 3 1 2 0 0 0 42.9% 54.7% 0.3% 1.7%
Gulf 14 6 2 4 0 0 0 39.0% 57.8% 1.2% 1.4%
Hamilton 8 4 2 2 0 0 0 43.4% 54.1% 0.6% 0.9%
Hardee 12 6 2 4 0 0 0 37.5% 60.4% 0.5% 1.2%

Hendry 22 8 3 5 0 0 0 39.8% 58.3% 0.3% 1.3%
Hernando 51 65 33 31 0 2 0 50.1% 47.0% 0.4% 2.3%
Highlands 28 35 14 20 0 1 0 40.3% 57.5% 0.4% 1.6%
Hillsboro 320 360 170 181 1 7 2 47.1% 50.2% 0.2% 2.1%
Holmes 16 7 2 5 0 0 0 29.4% 67.8% 1.0% 1.3%

Indian River 41 50 20 29 0 1 0 39.8% 57.7% 0.2% 1.9%
Jackson 27 16 7 9 0 0 0 42.1% 56.1% 0.6% 0.8%
Jefferson 13 6 3 2 0 0 0 53.9% 43.9% 0.5% 1.3%
Lafayette 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 31.5% 66.7% 0.4% 1.0%
Lake 86 89 37 50 0 1 0 41.3% 56.5% 0.3% 1.6%

Lee 150 184 74 106 0 4 1 39.9% 57.6% 0.2% 1.9%
Leon 95 103 61 39 0 2 0 59.6% 37.9% 0.3% 1.9%
Levy 21 13 5 7 0 0 0 42.4% 53.9% 0.5% 2.2%
Liberty 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 42.2% 54.6% 1.6% 0.8%
Madison 11 6 3 3 0 0 0 48.9% 49.3% 0.5% 0.9%

Manatee 135 110 49 58 0 2 0 44.6% 52.6% 0.2% 2.3%
Marion 96 103 45 55 1 2 1 43.4% 53.6% 0.5% 1.8%
Martin 40 62 27 34 0 1 0 42.9% 54.8% 0.2% 1.8%
Monroe 33 34 16 16 0 1 0 48.7% 47.4% 0.1% 3.2%
Nassau 21 24 7 16 0 0 0 29.2% 69.0% 0.4% 1.1%

Okaloosa 48 71 17 52 0 1 0 24.0% 73.7% 0.4% 1.4%
Okeechobee 18 10 5 5 0 0 0 46.6% 51.3% 0.4% 1.3%
Orange 232 280 140 135 0 4 1 50.1% 48.1% 0.0% 1.4%
Osceola 66 56 28 26 0 1 0 50.6% 47.1% 0.3% 1.3%
Palm Beach 531 433 270 153 3 6 2 62.3% 35.3% 0.8% 1.3%

Pasco 132 143 70 69 1 3 1 48.7% 48.0% 0.4% 2.4%
Pinellas 345 398 201 185 1 10 2 50.3% 46.4% 0.3% 2.5%
Polk 163 169 75 90 1 2 1 44.6% 53.6% 0.3% 1.2%
Putnam 50 26 12 13 0 0 0 46.2% 51.3% 0.6% 1.4%
St. Johns 57 61 20 40 0 1 0 32.1% 65.1% 0.4% 2.0%

St. Lucie 78 78 42 35 0 1 0 53.3% 44.5% 0.2% 1.8%
Santa Rosa 36 50 13 36 0 1 0 25.4% 72.1% 0.6% 1.4%
Sarasota 142 161 73 83 0 4 1 45.3% 51.6% 0.2% 2.5%
Seminole 133 138 59 76 0 2 1 43.0% 55.0% 0.1% 1.4%
Sumter 24 22 10 12 0 0 0 43.3% 54.5% 0.5% 1.4%

Suwannee 16 12 4 8 0 0 0 32.8% 64.4% 0.9% 1.4%
Taylor 14 7 3 4 0 0 0 38.9% 59.6% 0.4% 0.9%
Union 11 4 1 2 0 0 0 36.8% 61.0% 0.9% 0.9%
Volusia 172 184 97 82 0 3 1 53.0% 44.8% 0.3% 1.6%
Wakulla 12 9 4 5 0 0 0 44.7% 52.5% 0.5% 1.7%

Walton 33 18 6 12 0 0 0 30.8% 66.5% 0.7% 1.4%
Washington 15 8 3 5 0 0 0 34.9% 62.3% 1.1% 1.2%

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2000 Recorded Vote by County
Adjusted for 175,000 uncounted ballots

Uncounted Votes (000):
Gore 126.3 72.1%
Bush 45.0 25.7
Nader 2.6 1.5
Buchanan 0.5 0.3
Other 0.7 0.4
Total 175.1 100%
(2.85% of 6138k total votes cast)

Allocating the uncounted ballots, Gore won Florida by a minimum of 80,000 votes (49.5-48.2%).
This is a conservative estimate as it does not include butterfly ballots or electronic vote miscounts.

Unctd Total Unctd% Adjusted Count (total votes cast) Adjusted Vote Share
Total Cast Total Gore Bush Buchanan Nader Other Gore Bush
175 6138 2.85% 3039 2958 18 100 23 49.51% 48.19%

Alachua 0.33 86 0.38% 48 34 0.3 3.2 0.8 55.3% 39.8%
Baker 0.14 8 1.69% 2 6 0.1 0.1 0.0 30.1% 68.1%
Bay 0.66 59 1.11% 19 39 0.2 0.8 0.2 32.5% 65.3%
Bradford 0.73 9 7.80% 4 6 0.1 0.1 0.0 38.3% 59.6%
Brevard 1.03 219 0.47% 98 115 0.6 4.5 0.9 44.7% 52.6%

Broward 14.61 588 2.48% 397 181 0.8 7.3 1.7 67.5% 30.8%
Calhoun 0.08 5 1.49% 2 3 0.1 0.0 0.0 42.1% 55.1%
Charlotte 3.16 70 4.51% 32 36 0.2 1.5 0.2 45.6% 51.7%
Citrus 0.22 57 0.38% 26 30 0.3 1.4 0.3 44.7% 51.9%
Clay 0.15 58 0.27% 15 42 0.2 0.6 0.2 25.6% 72.6%

Collier 3.18 95 3.34% 32 61 0.1 1.4 0.3 33.8% 64.3%
Columbia 0.69 19 3.61% 8 11 0.1 0.3 0.2 39.3% 58.0%
Miami-Dade 28.60 654 4.37% 349 297 0.6 5.8 1.3 53.4% 45.4%
DeSoto 0.70 9 8.24% 4 4 0.0 0.2 0.0 45.0% 52.2%
Dixie 0.33 5 6.64% 2 3 0.0 0.1 0.0 41.3% 55.7%

Duval 26.91 292 9.23% 127 159 0.7 3.2 1.4 43.7% 54.5%
Escambia 4.37 121 3.61% 44 74 0.5 1.8 0.5 36.4% 61.3%
Flagler 0.06 27 0.23% 14 13 0.1 0.4 0.1 51.3% 46.5%
Franklin 0.42 5 8.28% 2 3 0.0 0.1 0.0 46.4% 50.6%
Gadsden 2.07 17 12.3% 11 5 0.0 0.2 0.1 66.8% 31.5%

Gilchrist 0.29 6 5.07% 2 3 0.0 0.1 0.1 37.3% 59.4%
Glades 0.37 4 9.98% 2 2 0.0 0.1 0.0 45.8% 51.8%
Gulf 0.41 7 6.27% 3 4 0.1 0.1 0.0 41.1% 55.8%
Hamilton 0.39 4 8.94% 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.0% 51.6%
Hardee 0.41 7 6.14% 3 4 0.0 0.1 0.0 39.7% 58.3%

Hendry 0.80 9 8.95% 4 5 0.0 0.1 0.0 42.7% 55.4%
Hernando 0.25 65 0.38% 33 31 0.2 1.5 0.2 50.1% 46.9%
Highlands 1.01 36 2.79% 15 20 0.1 0.6 0.1 41.2% 56.6%
Hillsboro 9.17 369 2.48% 176 183 0.9 7.6 1.7 47.7% 49.6%
Holmes 0.14 8 1.84% 2 5 0.1 0.1 0.0 30.2% 67.0%

Indian River 1.94 52 3.76% 21 29 0.1 1.0 0.2 41.1% 56.5%
Jackson 1.16 17 6.63% 8 9 0.1 0.2 0.1 44.1% 54.0%
Jefferson 0.57 6 9.22% 3 3 0.0 0.1 0.0 55.6% 42.2%
Lafayette 0.17 3 6.39% 1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.1% 64.0%
Lake 3.61 92 3.92% 39 51 0.3 1.5 0.3 42.5% 55.2%

Lee 4.57 189 2.42% 77 107 0.3 3.7 0.8 40.7% 56.8%
Leon 0.18 103 0.18% 62 39 0.3 1.9 0.4 59.6% 37.9%
Levy 0.76 13 5.64% 6 7 0.1 0.3 0.1 44.1% 52.3%
Liberty 0.19 3 7.24% 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.4% 52.6%
Madison 0.48 7 7.23% 3 3 0.0 0.1 0.0 50.6% 47.6%

Manatee 1.41 112 1.26% 50 58 0.3 2.5 0.3 45.0% 52.2%
Marion 3.35 106 3.15% 47 56 0.6 1.9 0.8 44.3% 52.7%
Martin 0.61 63 0.97% 27 34 0.1 1.1 0.2 43.2% 54.5%
Monroe 0.18 34 0.53% 17 16 0.0 1.1 0.2 48.8% 47.3%
Nassau 1.58 25 6.28% 8 17 0.1 0.3 0.1 31.9% 66.3%

Okaloosa 0.77 71 1.07% 17 52 0.3 1.0 0.4 24.5% 73.2%
Okeechobee 0.86 11 8.01% 5 5 0.0 0.1 0.0 48.6% 49.3%
Orange 2.40 278 0.86% 142 135 0.0 3.9 1.1 50.3% 47.9%
Osceola 1.68 57 2.94% 29 27 0.1 0.8 0.4 51.3% 46.5%
Palm Beach 29.70 457 6.49% 291 161 3.5 6.0 1.6 62.9% 34.7%

Pasco 3.92 147 2.67% 72 70 0.6 3.5 0.6 49.4% 47.5%
Pinellas 8.49 407 2.09% 207 187 1.0 10.1 2.0 50.8% 46.0%
Polk 0.90 170 0.53% 76 91 0.5 2.1 0.5 44.7% 53.4%
Putnam 0.17 26 0.64% 12 13 0.1 0.4 0.1 46.3% 51.1%
St. Johns 3.24 64 5.06% 22 40 0.2 1.3 0.3 34.1% 63.1%

St. Lucie 0.34 78 0.43% 42 35 0.1 1.4 0.2 53.4% 44.4%
Santa Rosa 0.37 51 0.72% 13 36 0.3 0.7 0.2 25.8% 71.8%
Sarasota 0.56 162 0.35% 73 83 0.3 4.1 0.6 45.4% 51.5%
Seminole 0.65 138 0.47% 60 76 0.2 2.0 0.6 43.1% 54.8%
Sumter 0.76 23 3.31% 10 12 0.1 0.3 0.1 44.2% 53.5%

Suwannee 0.73 13 5.56% 5 8 0.1 0.2 0.1 34.9% 62.2%
Taylor 0.60 7 8.09% 3 4 0.0 0.1 0.0 41.6% 56.8%
Union 0.26 4 6.32% 2 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.0% 58.8%
Volusia 0.50 184 0.27% 98 82 0.5 2.9 0.6 53.0% 44.8%
Wakulla 0.42 9 4.68% 4 5 0.0 0.2 0.0 46.0% 51.3%

Walton 0.22 19 1.18% 6 12 0.1 0.3 0.1 31.3% 66.0%
Washington 0.33 8 3.94% 3 5 0.1 0.1 0.0 36.4% 60.8%


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County Vote changes from 2000 by Machine Type

2000 2004 Vote Change Bush Incr Machine
............ Vote GORE BUSH OTHER Vote KERRY BUSH OTHER KERRY BUSH OTHER Margin Incidents
DRE 3078 53.9% 44.7% 1.4% 3835 51.3% 47.8% 0.9% 342 443 -27 5.7% 231
Optiscan 2831 44.2% 54.2% 1.6% 3728 42.3% 57.0% 0.7% 323 602 -28 4.7% 81
Total 5909 48.8% 48.8% 2.3% 7563 47.1% 52.1% 0.8% 664 1045 -55 5.0% 312

DRE
Broward 571 67.7% 31.1% 1.2% 700 64.6% 34.8% 0.5% 65.8 66.4 -3.3 6.8% 56
Charlotte 67 44.6% 53.2% 2.2% 79 43.2% 56.1% 0.7% 4.6 9.0 -0.9 4.2% 0
Collier 92 32.6% 65.9% 1.5% 128 34.2% 65.3% 0.5% 13.8 23.1 -0.8 -2.1% 0
Miami-Dade 624 52.7% 46.4% 0.9% 767 53.0% 46.8% 0.3% 77.3 69.1 -3.4 0.1% 54
Hillsboro 358 47.4% 50.5% 2.1% 460 46.4% 53.2% 0.4% 43.9 63.8 -5.5 3.7% 21

Indian River 49 40.1% 58.0% 1.9% 61 39.2% 60.3% 0.5% 4.2 8.2 -0.7 3.2% 0
Lafayette 2 31.8% 67.2% 1.0% 3 25.5% 74.2% 0.3% 0.1 0.8 0.0 13.3% 0
Lake 88 41.5% 56.8% 1.7% 123 39.1% 60.3% 0.5% 11.6 24.4 -0.8 6.0% 3
Martin 62 43.1% 55.0% 1.8% 72 42.0% 57.5% 0.6% 3.6 7.4 -0.7 3.6% 1
Nassau 23 29.4% 69.5% 1.1% 32 26.3% 73.1% 0.6% 1.7 7.5 -0.1 6.6% 0

Palm Beach 423 63.8% 36.2% 0.0% 541 60.6% 39.2% 0.3% 58.0 58.9 1.6 6.2% 88
Pasco 142 49.1% 48.5% 2.4% 189 44.7% 54.5% 0.8% 15.2 34.6 -2.0 10.4% 0
Pinellas 395 50.7% 46.7% 2.5% 453 49.7% 49.8% 0.5% 24.7 40.8 -7.6 4.1% 6
Sarasota 160 45.5% 51.9% 2.5% 194 45.5% 53.9% 0.6% 15.5 21.5 -2.8 2.0% 2
Sumter 22 43.7% 54.9% 1.4% 32 36.6% 62.6% 0.8% 1.9 7.7 -0.1 14.7% 0

OPTISCAN
Alachua 85 55.9% 40.3% 3.8% 111 56.4% 43.1% 0.5% 15.0 13.5 -2.7 2.3% 0
Baker 8 29.7% 69.6% 0.7% 10 21.9% 77.8% 0.2% -0.2 2.1 0.0 16.0% 0
Bay 58 32.3% 66.3% 1.4% 75 28.2% 71.4% 0.5% 2.2 14.8 -0.5 9.3% 0
Bradford 9 35.9% 63.2% 1.0% 11 30.0% 69.8% 0.3% 0.2 2.1 -0.1 12.5% 0
Brevard 217 44.9% 53.1% 2.1% 264 41.7% 57.9% 0.5% 12.8 37.7 -3.3 7.9% 4

Calhoun 5 42.5% 56.7% 0.8% 6 35.7% 63.7% 0.6% 0.0 0.9 0.0 13.9% 0
Citrus 57 45.0% 52.5% 2.4% 69 42.3% 57.1% 0.7% 3.7 9.7 -0.9 7.3% 0
Clay 57 25.7% 73.3% 1.0% 81 23.3% 76.4% 0.3% 4.3 20.1 -0.3 5.4% 0
Columbia 18 38.6% 60.0% 1.4% 25 32.3% 67.3% 0.4% 1.0 5.8 -0.1 13.6% 0
De Soto 8 42.9% 55.0% 2.0% 9 41.3% 58.2% 0.5% 0.6 1.3 -0.1 4.8% 0

Dixie 5 39.7% 58.7% 1.6% 6 30.5% 69.0% 0.5% 0.1 1.7 0.0 19.6% 0
Duval 263 41.1% 57.9% 1.0% 379 41.8% 57.9% 0.3% 50.3 67.2 -1.5 -0.7% 12
Escambia 116 35.4% 63.1% 1.5% 142 33.9% 65.7% 0.4% 7.3 20.4 -1.2 4.0% 1
Flagler 27 51.6% 46.8% 1.6% 38 48.4% 51.1% 0.5% 4.7 7.0 -0.3 7.5% 0
Franklin 5 44.6% 53.5% 1.9% 6 40.6% 58.8% 0.6% 0.4 1.0 0.0 9.2% 0

Gadsden 15 66.5% 32.6% 0.9% 21 69.9% 29.9% 0.3% 4.9 1.5 -0.1 -6.1% 1
Gilchrist 5 36.0% 62.2% 1.8% 7 28.9% 70.7% 0.5% 0.1 1.6 -0.1 15.6% 0
Glades 3 43.2% 55.1% 1.7% 4 41.1% 58.5% 0.4% 0.3 0.6 0.0 5.4% 0
Gulf 6 39.7% 58.8% 1.4% 7 33.2% 66.3% 0.6% 0.0 1.2 0.0 14.0% 0
Hamilton 4 44.1% 55.0% 0.9% 5 44.6% 55.1% 0.3% 0.5 0.6 0.0 -0.4% 0

Hardee 6 37.9% 60.9% 1.2% 7 29.7% 69.8% 0.5% -0.2 1.3 0.0 17.0% 0
Hendry 8 40.0% 58.7% 1.3% 10 40.7% 59.1% 0.2% 0.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.2% 0
Hernando 65 50.4% 47.3% 2.3% 79 46.3% 53.1% 0.6% 3.9 11.2 -1.0 9.8% 0
Highlands 35 40.6% 57.9% 1.6% 41 37.1% 62.5% 0.5% 1.2 5.7 -0.4 8.1% 0
Holmes 7 29.9% 68.8% 1.3% 8 21.9% 77.6% 0.5% -0.4 1.4 -0.1 16.8% 0

Jackson 16 42.5% 56.6% 0.9% 20 38.3% 61.4% 0.4% 0.7 3.0 -0.1 9.1% 0
Jefferson 6 54.4% 44.3% 1.4% 7 55.4% 44.2% 0.4% 1.1 0.8 0.0 -1.1% 0
Lee 183 40.1% 57.9% 2.0% 240 39.3% 60.1% 0.6% 20.8 38.3 -2.2 3.1% 0
Leon 102 60.0% 38.1% 1.9% 136 61.7% 38.0% 0.4% 22.4 12.5 -1.5 -1.9% 26
Levy 13 43.0% 54.7% 2.3% 17 36.6% 62.8% 0.6% 0.7 3.6 -0.2 14.5% 0

Liberty 2 43.2% 56.0% 0.8% 3 35.5% 64.0% 0.5% 0.1 0.6 0.0 15.7% 0
Madison 6 49.4% 49.8% 0.9% 8 48.9% 50.6% 0.5% 1.0 1.2 0.0 1.4% 0
Manatee 110 44.9% 52.9% 2.3% 143 42.8% 56.8% 0.5% 12.1 23.3 -1.8 6.0% 0
Marion 102 44.0% 54.3% 1.8% 139 41.1% 58.4% 0.5% 12.6 26.1 -1.2 6.9% 2
Monroe 34 49.0% 47.7% 3.2% 39 49.9% 49.4% 0.7% 3.2 3.4 -0.8 0.8% 0

Okaloosa 70 24.2% 74.4% 1.4% 89 21.7% 77.9% 0.4% 2.4 17.6 -0.6 6.1% 0
Okeechobee 10 46.9% 51.7% 1.3% 12 42.3% 57.4% 0.3% 0.6 1.9 -0.1 10.3% 0
Orange 275 51.0% 49.0% 0.0% 387 50.0% 49.7% 0.3% 53.0 57.9 1.1 1.9% 16
Osceola 55 51.1% 47.6% 1.3% 82 47.1% 52.6% 0.3% 10.4 16.9 -0.5 9.0% 1
Polk 168 44.9% 53.9% 1.2% 210 40.9% 58.7% 0.4% 10.8 33.2 -1.3 8.8% 5

Putnam 26 46.7% 51.9% 1.5% 31 40.2% 59.3% 0.4% 0.3 4.9 -0.2 13.9% 1
St. Johns 60 32.4% 65.6% 2.0% 86 30.7% 68.8% 0.5% 6.9 19.6 -0.8 4.9% 0
St. Lucie 78 53.5% 44.7% 1.8% 100 51.9% 47.7% 0.4% 10.3 12.9 -0.9 4.6% 0
Santa Rosa 50 25.7% 72.8% 1.5% 67 21.9% 77.7% 0.4% 1.8 15.7 -0.4 8.7% 0
Seminole 137 43.3% 55.3% 1.4% 186 41.4% 58.2% 0.3% 17.8 32.4 -1.4 4.7% 4

Suwannee 12 33.2% 65.3% 1.5% 16 28.7% 70.8% 0.5% 0.4 3.1 -0.1 10.0% 0
Taylor 7 39.2% 60.0% 0.9% 9 35.6% 63.9% 0.5% 0.4 1.4 0.0 7.4% 0
Union 4 37.3% 61.8% 0.9% 5 26.8% 72.8% 0.3% -0.2 1.1 0.0 21.5% 0
Volusia 183 53.3% 45.1% 1.6% 228 50.6% 49.0% 0.4% 18.0 29.2 -2.0 6.5% 8
Wakulla 8 45.2% 53.1% 1.8% 12 41.8% 57.8% 0.4% 1.1 2.3 -0.1 8.1% 0

Walton 18 31.2% 67.3% 1.5% 24 26.0% 73.5% 0.5% 0.6 5.4 -0.1 11.3% 0
Washington 8 35.5% 63.3% 1.2% 10 28.2% 71.3% 0.5% 0.1 2.4 0.0 15.3% 0

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Democratic County Vote and Registration Share Trend
(1992-2004)

V= Vote share
R = Registration share
VR = 100*V/R


Weighted V92 V96 V00 V04 R96 R00 R04 VR96 VR00 VR04
DRE 42.3 52.7 53.3 51.3 44.5 42.0 41.6 118 127 125
Optiscan 35.1 42.5 43.4 42.3 51.1 47.8 41.2 83 91 102

Total 38.9 47.8 48.8 47.1 47.7 44.8 41.4 100 109 114


DRE
Broward 52 64 67 65 53 51 50 121 131 129
Charlotte 37 43 44 43 36 34 32 119 129 135
Collier 26 32 32 34 25 24 24 128 133 143
Miami-Dade 47 57 53 53 48 44 43 119 120 123
Hillsboro 37 47 47 46 48 44 42 98 107 110

Indian River 28 37 40 39 33 31 30 112 129 131
Lafayette 33 40 41 25 37 36 34 108 114 75
Lake 32 40 40 39 34 32 30 118 125 130
Martin 28 38 43 42 28 27 28 136 159 150
Nassau 30 34 29 26 56 48 37 61 60 71

Palm Beach 46 58 62 61 46 45 45 126 138 135
Pasco 39 50 49 45 43 40 37 116 123 121
Pinellas 38 49 50 50 39 37 38 126 135 131
Sarasota 35 43 45 45 31 31 31 139 145 147
Sumter 41 46 43 37 57 48 41 81 90 89

OPTISCAN
Alachua 50 54 55 56 57 53 51 95 104 111
Baker 29 34 29 22 89 83 69 38 35 32
Bay 28 33 32 28 54 48 39 61 67 72
Bradford 37 41 35 30 77 70 61 53 50 49
Brevard 31 41 45 42 40 38 37 103 118 113

Calhoun 37 43 42 36 91 88 82 47 48 43
Citrus 36 44 45 42 46 41 39 96 110 108
Clay 23 28 26 23 31 29 26 90 90 90
Columbia 37 41 38 32 68 64 57 60 59 57
DeSoto 36 43 43 41 70 64 59 61 67 70

Dixie 43 46 39 31 89 86 77 52 45 40
Duval 37 44 41 42 54 50 46 81 82 91
Escambia 31 35 35 34 51 46 41 69 76 83
Flagler 41 48 51 48 42 40 38 114 128 127
Franklin 35 46 44 41 87 81 77 53 54 53

Gadsden 59 66 66 70 88 85 83 75 78 84
Gilchrist 38 41 35 29 78 72 59 53 49 49
Glades 39 45 43 41 76 69 65 59 62 63
Gulf 33 41 39 33 84 79 67 49 49 49
Hamilton 44 47 43 45 91 86 79 52 50 56

Hardee 31 39 38 30 79 73 64 49 52 46
Hendry 34 44 40 41 66 63 57 67 63 71
Hernando 39 49 50 46 42 40 39 117 125 119
Highlands 35 42 40 37 45 42 40 93 95 93
Holmes 29 34 29 22 90 83 73 38 35 30

Jackson 37 43 42 38 82 79 72 52 53 53
Jefferson 49 53 54 55 83 79 72 64 68 77
Lee 34 36 31 39 94 89 83 38 35 47
Leon 49 55 60 62 61 59 57 90 102 108
Levy 40 45 42 37 72 67 60 63 63 61

Liberty 32 40 42 36 96 94 88 42 45 40
Madison 45 50 49 49 86 84 80 58 58 61
Manatee 34 43 45 43 37 35 33 116 129 130
Marion 36 41 43 41 45 42 40 91 102 103
Monroe 36 47 49 50 44 39 36 107 126 139

Okaloosa 20 26 24 22 32 28 25 81 86 87
Okeechobee 37 49 47 42 69 65 58 71 72 73
Orange 35 46 50 50 41 41 40 112 122 125
Osceola 33 47 51 47 44 42 40 107 121 118
Polk 35 44 45 41 50 46 43 88 98 95

Putnam 42 48 46 40 67 63 58 72 73 69
St. Johns 31 34 32 31 39 34 28 87 94 110
St. Lucie 35 49 53 52 44 41 41 111 129 127
Santa Rosa 20 26 25 22 44 35 28 59 71 78
Seminole 30 39 43 41 35 33 32 111 130 130

Suwannee 35 37 33 29 76 71 64 49 46 45
Taylor 36 45 39 36 87 82 76 52 48 47
Union 35 40 37 27 91 84 75 44 44 36
Volusia 42 49 53 51 46 43 41 107 123 123
Wakulla 35 43 45 42 80 74 67 54 61 62

Walton 29 34 31 26 63 53 37 54 58 70
Washington 32 38 35 28 82 74 67 46 47 42

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Democratic and Republican Registration Shares

1996 2000 2004 1996 2000 2004
Dem Rep Dem Rep Dem Rep Democratic Margin
Vote Share 47.8 42.3 48.8 48.8 47.1 52.1 5.5 0.0 (5.0)
Reg. Share 47.7 39.8 44.8 38.2 41.4 37.8 7.9 6.6 4.6

VoteSh/RegSh 100.0 106.3 108.9 127.7 113.8 137.8 (6.3) (18.8) (24.0)

Registration Share
DRE 44.5 41.6 42.0 39.1 41.6 36.1 2.9 2.9 4.5
Optical Scan 51.0 37.8 47.7 37.2 41.2 39.5 13.2 10.5 1.7

County Registration Share
DRE
Broward 53 33 51 30 50 27 20 21 23
Charlotte 36 52 34 48 32 45 (16) (14) (13)
Collier 25 62 24 57 24 53 (37) (33) (29)
Miami-Dade 48 39 44 38 43 35 9 6 8
Hillsboro 48 38 44 37 42 35 10 7 7

Indian River 33 57 31 54 30 51 (24) (23) (21)
Lafayette 37 51 36 49 34 47 (14) (13) (13)
Lake 34 52 32 49 30 48 (18) (17) (18)
Martin 28 60 27 56 28 52 (32) (29) (24)
Nassau 56 37 48 41 37 49 19 7 (12)

Palm Beach 46 39 45 35 45 32 7 10 13
Pasco 43 43 40 41 37 40 0 (1) (3)
Pinellas 39 45 37 42 38 39 (6) (5) (1)
Sarasota 31 56 31 52 31 48 (25) (21) (17)
Sumter 57 34 48 38 41 44 23 10 (3)

OPSCAN
Alachua 57 30 53 28 51 28 27 25 23
Baker 89 9 83 14 69 24 80 69 45
Bay 54 34 48 37 39 44 20 11 (5)
Bradford 77 16 70 21 61 28 61 49 33
Brevard 40 48 38 46 37 45 (8) (8) (8)

Calhoun 91 7 88 8 82 12 84 80 70
Citrus 46 41 41 41 39 41 5 0 (2)
Clay 31 56 29 56 26 57 (25) (27) (31)
Columbia 68 25 64 26 57 31 43 38 26
DeSoto 70 24 64 24 59 25 46 40 34

Dixie 89 8 86 10 77 15 81 76 62
Duval 54 35 50 36 46 37 19 14 9
Escambia 51 40 46 41 41 44 11 5 (3)
Flagler 42 44 40 41 38 41 (2) (1) (3)
Franklin 87 10 81 14 77 16 77 67 61

Gadsden 88 9 85 10 83 11 79 75 72
Gilchrist 78 17 72 20 59 30 61 52 29
Glades 76 19 69 22 65 25 57 47 40
Gulf 84 13 79 16 67 27 71 63 40
Hamilton 91 7 86 10 79 15 84 76 64

Hardee 79 17 73 21 64 27 62 52 37
Hendry 66 26 63 28 57 31 40 35 26
Hernando 42 45 40 43 39 41 (3) (3) (2)
Highlands 45 45 42 45 40 44 0 (3) (4)
Holmes 90 8 83 13 73 21 82 70 52

Jackson 82 14 79 16 72 22 68 63 50
Jefferson 83 13 79 15 72 21 70 64 51
Lee 94 5 89 8 83 13 89 81 70
Leon 61 27 59 27 57 27 34 32 30
Levy 72 22 67 24 60 28 50 43 32

Liberty 96 3 94 4 88 8 93 90 80
Madison 86 11 84 12 80 15 75 72 65
Manatee 37 50 35 47 33 44 (13) (12) (11)
Marion 45 43 42 43 40 43 2 (1) (3)
Monroe 44 40 39 39 36 39 4 0 (3)

Okaloosa 32 56 28 56 25 57 (24) (28) (32)
Okeechobee 69 24 65 27 58 30 45 38 28
Orange 41 44 41 40 40 35 (3) 1 5
Osceola 44 40 42 36 40 33 4 6 7
Polk 50 40 46 39 43 39 10 7 4

Putnam 67 25 63 26 58 28 42 37 30
St. Johns 39 49 34 50 28 53 (10) (16) (25)
St. Lucie 44 41 41 39 41 37 3 2 4
Santa Rosa 44 47 35 52 28 56 (3) (17) (28)
Seminole 35 52 33 48 32 45 (17) (15) (13)

Suwannee 76 19 71 22 64 27 57 49 37
Taylor 87 11 82 14 76 19 76 68 57
Union 91 7 84 12 75 18 84 72 57
Volusia 46 40 43 38 41 36 6 5 5
Wakulla 80 15 74 19 67 24 65 55 43

Walton 63 29 53 35 37 50 34 18 (13)
Washington 82 14 74 19 67 25 68 55 42

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County Presidential Vote vs. Registration

Vote Share / Registration Share
KVS = Kerry / Democratic
BVS = Bush / Republican
OVS = Other / Other

Vote Total / Registration Total
KVR = Kerry / Democratic
BVR = Bush / Republican
OVR = Other / Other


Vote Share ----Registration Share---- --Vote/Reg Share-- -Vote/Registration-
County...... Kerry Bush Total Dem Rep Other KVS BVS OVS KVR BVR OVR

DRE 52.1% 47.4% 4,718 41.6% 36.1% 22.3% 125% 131% 2.4% 91% 95% 4%
OPTISCAN 42.3% 57.3% 4,382 41.2% 39.5% 19.3% 102% 145% 2.6% 76% 108% 4%
TOTAL 47.3% 52.3% 9,100 41.4% 37.8% 20.8% 114% 138% 2.5% 84% 102% 4%

DRE
Broward 64.6% 34.8% 963 51% 28% 21% 127% 124% 2.6% 92% 90% 2%
Charlotte 43.2% 56.1% 103 34% 47% 19% 128% 119% 3.7% 98% 91% 3%
Collier 34.2% 65.3% 150 25% 56% 19% 138% 116% 2.5% 117% 99% 2%
Dade 53.0% 46.8% 943 43% 36% 20% 122% 128% 1.3% 99% 104% 1%
Hillsborough 46.4% 53.2% 89 264% 223% -387% 18% 24% -0.1% 91% 123% 2%

Indian River 39.2% 60.3% 74 31% 53% 16% 125% 114% 3.0% 103% 94% 3%
Lafayette 25.5% 74.2% 4 83% 14% 3% 31% 535% 10.9% 25% 443% 9%
Lake 39.1% 60.3% 139 36% 50% 14% 108% 121% 3.8% 96% 107% 3%
Martin 42.0% 57.5% 89 29% 56% 15% 146% 102% 3.8% 118% 83% 3%
Nassau 26.3% 73.1% 36 42% 46% 11% 62% 158% 5.0% 56% 142% 4%

Palm Beach 60.6% 39.2% 650 47% 34% 19% 130% 115% 1.5% 108% 96% 1%
Pasco 44.7% 54.5% 240 39% 41% 20% 115% 133% 3.8% 90% 105% 3%
Pinellas 49.7% 49.8% 536 39% 42% 19% 126% 119% 2.8% 107% 100% 2%
Sarasota 45.5% 53.9% 219 32% 51% 18% 144% 106% 3.7% 128% 94% 3%
Sumter 36.6% 62.6% 35 44% 43% 13% 84% 145% 5.9% 76% 131% 5%

OPTISCAN
Alachua 56.4% 43.1% 116 54% 29% 17.3% 105% 150% 2.9% 100% 143% 3%
Baker 21.9% 77.8% 12 75% 20% 4.7% 29% 382% 4.7% 25% 321% 4%
Bay 28.2% 71.4% 87 45% 42% 13.2% 63% 170% 3.6% 54% 145% 3%
Bradford 30.0% 69.8% 14 64% 27% 8.3% 47% 254% 3.1% 37% 202% 2%
Brevard 41.7% 57.9% 301 38% 47% 14.6% 109% 123% 3.1% 95% 108% 3%

Calhoun 35.7% 63.7% 8 83% 13% 4.5% 43% 497% 14.1% 33% 375% 11%
Citrus 42.3% 57.1% 82 41% 43% 16.8% 104% 134% 3.9% 88% 113% 3%
Clay 23.3% 76.4% 91 27% 58% 14.9% 86% 132% 2.1% 76% 117% 2%
Columbia 32.3% 67.3% 30 61% 30% 8.5% 53% 221% 5.2% 44% 182% 4%
DeSoto 41.3% 58.2% 14 61% 26% 12.7% 67% 224% 4.0% 46% 153% 3%

Dixie 30.5% 69.0% 9 80% 14% 5.4% 38% 478% 8.4% 28% 347% 6%
Duval 41.8% 57.9% 426 49% 38% 12.8% 85% 152% 2.5% 76% 135% 2%
Escambia 33.9% 65.7% 164 44% 44% 11.9% 76% 150% 3.2% 66% 130% 3%
Flagler 48.4% 51.1% 40 40% 42% 18.5% 122% 122% 2.6% 116% 117% 2%
Franklin 40.6% 58.8% 7 77% 17% 5.5% 53% 339% 11.4% 43% 276% 9%

Gadsden 69.9% 29.9% 25 84% 11% 4.5% 83% 271% 5.7% 69% 225% 5%
Gilchrist 28.9% 70.7% 8 63% 29% 8.6% 46% 246% 5.3% 40% 214% 5%
Glades 41.1% 58.5% 6 68% 24% 8.8% 61% 248% 4.4% 42% 173% 3%
Gulf 33.2% 66.3% 9 70% 25% 5.4% 48% 267% 10.2% 38% 214% 8%
Hamilton 44.6% 55.1% 7 81% 15% 3.7% 55% 370% 8.5% 38% 258% 6%

Hardee 29.7% 69.8% 12 66% 26% 8.1% 45% 269% 6.6% 28% 167% 4%
Hendry 40.7% 59.1% 16 59% 31% 9.7% 69% 190% 2.5% 43% 119% 2%
Hernando 46.3% 53.1% 100 40% 43% 17.5% 116% 124% 3.7% 92% 98% 3%
Highlands 37.1% 62.5% 59 41% 44% 15.1% 91% 141% 3.0% 65% 100% 2%
Holmes 21.9% 77.6% 10 74% 20% 5.4% 29% 384% 9.4% 24% 314% 8%

Jackson 38.3% 61.4% 25 75% 21% 4.8% 51% 298% 7.8% 40% 231% 6%
Jefferson 55.4% 44.2% 9 75% 20% 4.8% 74% 219% 7.5% 64% 190% 7%
Lee 39.3% 60.1% 285 31% 49% 20.0% 125% 124% 2.9% 105% 104% 2%
Leon 61.7% 38.0% 140 60% 28% 11.6% 102% 136% 3.0% 99% 132% 3%
Levy 36.6% 62.8% 20 64% 28% 8.4% 57% 226% 7.0% 48% 190% 6%

Liberty 35.5% 64.0% 4 91% 7% 2.5% 39% 943% 18.4% 31% 741% 14%
Madison 48.9% 50.6% 11 81% 15% 3.7% 60% 333% 13.4% 47% 261% 11%
Manatee 42.8% 56.8% 177 34% 46% 20.6% 127% 124% 2.3% 103% 100% 2%
Marion 41.1% 58.4% 164 42% 45% 13.3% 98% 130% 3.5% 83% 111% 3%
Monroe 49.9% 49.4% 51 39% 39% 22.1% 129% 125% 3.3% 101% 98% 3%

Okaloosa 21.7% 77.9% 117 26% 57% 16.8% 84% 136% 2.5% 64% 104% 2%
Okeechobee 42.3% 57.4% 17 62% 29% 9.2% 68% 199% 2.9% 50% 144% 2%
Orange 50.0% 49.7% 442 42% 38% 20.2% 120% 130% 1.5% 105% 114% 1%
Osceola 47.1% 52.6% 105 42% 35% 22.6% 112% 148% 1.5% 88% 116% 1%
Polk 40.9% 58.7% 261 45% 40% 14.7% 91% 146% 2.6% 73% 118% 2%

Putnam 40.2% 59.3% 42 59% 28% 12.4% 68% 208% 3.5% 50% 154% 3%
St. Johns 30.7% 68.8% 94 31% 54% 14.9% 98% 128% 3.2% 90% 117% 3%
St. Lucie 51.9% 47.7% 124 43% 39% 18.7% 122% 124% 2.3% 98% 100% 2%
Santa Rosa 21.9% 77.7% 85 31% 57% 12.5% 71% 137% 3.5% 56% 108% 3%
Seminole 41.4% 58.2% 196 34% 48% 18.3% 122% 122% 1.7% 116% 115% 2%

Suwannee 28.7% 70.8% 20 69% 27% 4.5% 42% 265% 11.9% 34% 214% 10%
Taylor 35.6% 63.9% 11 79% 18% 3.3% 45% 353% 16.1% 36% 277% 13%
Union 26.8% 72.8% 6 79% 16% 4.9% 34% 460% 6.9% 25% 335% 5%
Volusia 50.6% 49.0% 269 43% 38% 19.0% 118% 129% 2.1% 100% 109% 2%
Wakulla 41.8% 57.8% 14 71% 23% 6.0% 59% 249% 6.7% 50% 212% 6%

Walton 26.0% 73.5% 29 45% 45% 10.8% 58% 165% 4.6% 49% 138% 4%
Washington 28.2% 71.3% 13 69% 25% 6.1% 41% 288% 8.4% 33% 229% 7%