Who were the Buchanan voters in FL?
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« on: February 02, 2011, 07:21:46 PM »
« edited: February 02, 2011, 07:40:36 PM by phknrocket1k »

Original Source: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen/vote/florida.pdf
I recreated a lot of the work on Stata on my own using the 2000 Census and Atlas  vote total.

Analyzed Variables
  • The natural logarithm of the Buchanan Vote (P). In the form of Log(P).
  • A linear function of the percentage of people aged 65 or older (A65).
  • The percentage of Blacks (B)
  • The percentage of Hispanics (H)
  • The percentage of College-educated (C)
  • Median-family income in dollars (I)

Regression Function
log(P) = 2.146 -0.0415*A65-0.0132*B-0.0349*H-0.0193*C-0.0658*I

Summary Statistics
n=66 (for all counties in Florida)
R2=0.73
σ = .334

Interpretation
  • Increasing the population over 65 years of age by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 4.1%
  • Increasing the Black population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 1.3%
  • Increasing the Hispanic population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 3.5%
  • Increasing the college-educated population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 1.9%
  • A $1000 increase in median household income decreases Buchanan's vote by 6.6%

Conclusion
The results certainly suggest that Buchanan did far better in Palm Beach than what he would have normally expected to do. Or it could be the result of great staff placement in Palm Beach itself.

The butterfly ballot itself definitely had the potential to be a bigger spoiler than Nader. Considering Palm Beach County has a high proportion of elderly, college-educated and high income people.

In general it also is likely true that Buchanan hurt Bush amongst downscale but conservative White voters.
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2011, 04:47:01 PM »

Who were the Buchanan voters in FL?

Old folks in Palm Beach County who got cheated by the butterfly ballot. 
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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2015, 07:28:54 PM »

Original Source: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen/vote/florida.pdf
I recreated a lot of the work on Stata on my own using the 2000 Census and Atlas  vote total.

Analyzed Variables
  • The natural logarithm of the Buchanan Vote (P). In the form of Log(P).
  • A linear function of the percentage of people aged 65 or older (A65).
  • The percentage of Blacks (B)
  • The percentage of Hispanics (H)
  • The percentage of College-educated (C)
  • Median-family income in dollars (I)

Regression Function
log(P) = 2.146 -0.0415*A65-0.0132*B-0.0349*H-0.0193*C-0.0658*I

Summary Statistics
n=66 (for all counties in Florida)
R2=0.73
σ = .334

Interpretation
  • Increasing the population over 65 years of age by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 4.1%
  • Increasing the Black population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 1.3%
  • Increasing the Hispanic population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 3.5%
  • Increasing the college-educated population by 1% decreases Buchanan's vote by 1.9%
  • A $1000 increase in median household income decreases Buchanan's vote by 6.6%

Conclusion
The results certainly suggest that Buchanan did far better in Palm Beach than what he would have normally expected to do. Or it could be the result of great staff placement in Palm Beach itself.

The butterfly ballot itself definitely had the potential to be a bigger spoiler than Nader. Considering Palm Beach County has a high proportion of elderly, college-educated and high income people.

In general it also is likely true that Buchanan hurt Bush amongst downscale but conservative White voters.

Absolutely!!
The butterfly ballot in Palm Beach Co is what lost the election for Gore. The number by which Buchanan's Palm Beach vote exceeded expectations exceeds 537. Also, if even 1% of Nader voters in FL had voted for Gore, Gore also would have won.
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2015, 07:48:33 PM »

Absolutely!!
The butterfly ballot in Palm Beach Co is what lost the election for Gore. The number by which Buchanan's Palm Beach vote exceeded expectations exceeds 537. Also, if even 1% of Nader voters in FL had voted for Gore, Gore also would have won.

Or if 0.5% of the 200,000 Florida Democrats who voted for Bush had voted for Gore instead.
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