Florida Political History

Is South Florida losing electoral clout in mid-term elections?

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(Please click here to see data related to this post.) In the early 1960s, William C. Havard and Loren P. Beth wrote a book called The Politics of Mis-Representation, which looks at politics in general in the State of Florida. This book was written before the implementation of the 1968 Constitution, but still, Havard and Beth came to one conclusion that the influence of urban areas outweighed that …

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Claude Pepper v. Ed Ball – The Rivalry That Defined Florida Politics

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Florida much like other southern states in the early part of the century had an inherent conflict between business and populism. Florida was the boom state of the 1920s but after the land bust, stock market crash and onset Great Depression (something we will discuss more in our Florida 500 series debuting in January) a …

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Remembering Bill McBride and the 2002 Campaign

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Saturday we lost a great Floridian. Bill McBride is best remembered as the 2002 Democratic Gubernatorial nominee. But he was so much more than that. An accomplished lawyer who rose to be the managing partner of Florida’s largest firm, Holland & Knight as well as a veteran and humanitarian, McBride was a true Floridian.  I …

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Florida Waterways in Peril: It is Time for a Statewide Environmental Awakening

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While Florida politicos have been focused on other things for the past few months, our precious and fragile environment keeps getting bad news. Unlike some other southern states where Environmental laws have been pushed by liberals alone, Florida has a strong history of bipartisanship and even Republican leadership on these matters. Florida is a unique …

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Comparing the Close Elections of 2012 and 1994

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In 1994, Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles won reelection by just over 70,000 votes statewide. This year, President Obama carried Florida in his reelection by almost the same exact raw vote margin. However, the consistencies between the vote numbers stop there. Chiles won by combining the traditional Democratic counties of Leon, Alachua and Volusia, with close …

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