2010 FL Senate Election - South Florida Precinct Map (Big map)

[RI]

Here's a map I made of Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, and Palm Beach counties for the Rubio vs. Meek vs. Crist race. There's some really interesting, though completely expected polarization, especially in Miami. I bet you can't find where the blacks (and Cubans) are.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

What's with the pocket of Meek support in southern Miami-Dade? I didn't think there were black voters that far down.

Also, Crist's strength in Key West is amusing.

[Verily]

What's with the pocket of Meek support in southern Miami-Dade? I didn't think there were black voters that far down.

Also, Crist's strength in Key West is amusing.

There are a lot of blacks in Homestead. In general, there's a trail of blacks along US-1 all the way down to Homestead (including a lot of Haitians, I think). Pre-2000 (or maybe pre-1990?), the black district in Miami-Dade had a tail going down US-1 to take them all in.

[Brittain33]

Great idea for a map.

[RI]

I added a couple more counties on the Gulf side. They aren't terribly interesting, though.

[ajc0918]

Jewish areas went for Crist it appears... which isn't surprising.

[ag]

Jewish areas went for Crist it appears... which isn't surprising.

Jews for (the) Crist )

[Mississippi Political Freak]

It also seems that the the coastal areas and western white-majority (and non-Jewish) suburbs in Palm Beach and Broward counties are strongly supportive of Rubio.  This really coincides with the Republican pickups of FL-22 in the Congress and State Senate District 27 vacated by David Aronberg for his state AG run, plus their holds on SD-25, HD's 83,  87 and 91 in the state legislature.

(PS: Is Martin County included in your map?  If yes, the results also coincides with the GOP pickup of State House District 81.  Thanks!)

[homelycooking]

Beautiful. Any chance of a precinct map of the Tallahassee area?

[RI]

(PS: Is Martin County included in your map?  If yes, the results also coincides with the GOP pickup of State House District 81.  Thanks!)

Martin County isn't on there, but I can probably add it.

Beautiful. Any chance of a precinct map of the Tallahassee area?

I'll see what I can do.

[RI]

Just added Martin County.

[Bacon King]

Awesome, good work!

I'm not too familiar with Miami-area demographics; what are the patterns here exactly?

Blacks for Meek and Cubans for Rubio, obviously, and Jews for Crist apparently, but besides that? Is the split between Rubio and Crist among (non-Jewish) whites a wealth thing, or just a rough measure of social conservatism or something?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The rich coastal precincts all voted for Rubio. I doubt social issues play a big role there, the Jewish retirees are probably more socially conservative than the younger whites are, even the Republican ones.

[Brittain33]

The rich coastal precincts all voted for Rubio. I doubt social issues play a big role there, the Jewish retirees are probably more socially conservative than the younger whites are, even the Republican ones.

If I'm reading the map correctly, there is a Crist block of votes in the southern half of Palm Beach (the municipality) that corresponds with the high-rise Jewish half.

[Hash]

Coral Gables voted Rubio big time, no? How did the university of Miami precincts vote?

[RI]

Coral Gables voted Rubio big time, no? How did the university of Miami precincts vote?

Coral Gables definitely voted for Rubio, though by a noticably lesser margin than the Cuban areas to the north, northeast, and northwest. I believe that the University of Miami precincts are the red island on the west part of the city and the couple of green precincts that surround it. The really small blue ones might be a part too, I'm not certain.

[phk]

I think my area went firmly for Rubio.

[Verily]

Coral Gables voted Rubio big time, no? How did the university of Miami precincts vote?

Coral Gables definitely voted for Rubio, though by a noticably lesser margin than the Cuban areas to the north, northeast, and northwest. I believe that the University of Miami precincts are the red island on the west part of the city and the couple of green precincts that surround it. The really small blue ones might be a part too, I'm not certain.

U Miami voted for Rubio, albeit not by very much; it's the precinct west and south of the Meek area, which is the black neighborhood of Coral Gables. US-1 is the clean line between them.

Edit: The black Meek area is over the border in Miami, actually. It's Southwest Coconut Grove. But U Miami is definitely the 40% Rubio precinct to its southwest (between the pincers of canals that reach to US-1).