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by Robert E. Crew Jr (Author)
During 2008, the Democrats achieved in Florida a goal that had eluded them in all but three of the national elections since 1964: victory in the presidential race. Despite this success, the Republicans retained their dominance in the U.S. Congress and in the Florida State Legislature. The 2008 Elections in Florida utilizes multiple types of data to provide an explanation for the disparate outcomes of these elections. The book chronicles changes in voter registration and turnout over time and compares the electoral behavior of groups in Florida to that in the nation as a whole. It examines the importance of legislative apportionment, term limits and incumbency to the outcome of congressional and state legislative races and provides important clues to the future of electoral behavior in one of the nation's most important states.
Author Biography
Robert E. Crew, Jr. is professor of political science and director of the graduate program in applied American politics at Florida State University. He studies American politics, U.S. social policy, and electoral politics in Florida and the nation. His most recent book is Jeb Bush: Aggressive Conservatism in Florida.
Slater W. Bayliss is a political consultant in the Tallahassee, Florida, firm of Tew Cardenas. He is currently a graduate student in the masters program in applied American politics at Florida State University.
Monica L. Moore is a graduate student in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
