The 2008 Election in Florida

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.

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.

Chapter 1 Preface
Part 2 Part One: The 2008 Presidential Election in Florida
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: An Overview
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Florida Presidential Primaries
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: The General Election in Florida
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: The Election Results
Part 7 Part Two: Voting Behavior in the Florida Presidential Election
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Who Voted and in What Numbers?
Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Social Groups and the Vote
Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Candidates and Issues in the 2008 Campaigns
Part 11 Part Three: The Congressional Elections
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: The Outcome of the 2008 Congressional Election
Part 13 Part Four: The State Legislative Races
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: The Outcome of the 2008 Election Cycle
Part 15 Part Five: The Florida Elections of 2008 in Perspective
Chapter 16 Chapter 10: The 2008 Elections and the Future of Florida Politics