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Now Available: 2022 Precinct-Level Statewide Election Results
February 18, 2024
The UF Election Lab has released 2022 precinct-level statewide election results built into GIS shape files for 13 states. The files can be accessed using GIS software, such as ArcGIS and QGIS. We have complete data for Arizona, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. Other […]
Congrats to UF Election Lab Affiliates Honored by the White House
February 16, 2024
Congratulations to two of our affiliates for being honored recently by the White House! Prof. Juan Gilbert is the recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation for pioneering a universal voting system that makes voting more reliable and accessible for everyone and for increasing diversity in the computer science workforce. In honor of […]
2023 Florida House District 118 General Election
December 6, 2023
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Republican Mike Redondo defeated Democrat Johnny Farias in a special election for Miami-Dade’s House District 118. Redondo won by a mere 6.2%, 541 votes, in a district that voted for Republicans by 37% just last year. This was a major shift, outlined below: While this election saw a 30.6% shift […]
2023 Florida Special House District 35 Primary: Democratic Party
November 8, 2023
On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, Democrat Tom Keen narrowly won the FL House District 35 Special Democratic Primary. He won by 141 votes, a 2-point victory. He will face Republican Erika Booth in the General Election on January 16, 2024. While this race was extremely close, Keen won because of several factors. First, Bagga’s margin […]
2023 Florida Special House District 35 Primary: Democratic Party
November 7, 2023
Candidate Information Past Election Results 2022 General Election Fred Hawkins (R) + 10.8% (55.4 R Hawkins – 44.6 D Bagga) Turnout: 55.24% (with a GOP turnout advantage of 14% – 65.2% R turnout vs. 51.2% D turnout). 2022 Republican Primary Hawkins + 19.5 % (52.5 Hawkins – 32.7 Davenport – 15.1 Liebnitzky) Turnout: 22.3% 2020 […]
University of Florida Election Lab Launches New Jersey Early Vote Dashboard
October 27, 2023
In preparation for the 2024 election, this demonstration page serves as an interactive hub of visualized early voting statistics GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Today, the Election Lab at the University of Florida unveiled its early voting dashboard for New Jersey’s 2023 general election. The dashboard documents the cumulative votes cast in the weeks heading into the […]
2023 Local Elections in Florida
October 20, 2023
Election Lab in Election Law Journal: “Voting by Mail and Ballot Rejection: Lessons from Florida for Elections in the Age of the Coronavirus”
April 18, 2020
“Voting by Mail and Ballot Rejection: Lessons from Florida for Elections in the Age of the Coronavirus,” by Anna Baringer (UF 2020 BA/BS), Michael C. Herron (Dartmouth College), and Daniel A. Smith (UF Political Science), Election Law Journal, available here AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic and its concomitant need for social distancing have increased the attractiveness of voting by […]
2020 Election Sciences, Reform, and Administration Conference
January 8, 2020
The University of Florida Election Sciences Group is pleased to announce they will host the 2020 Election Sciences, Reform, and Administration conference to be held at the University of Florida campus June 21-23.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant
December 20, 2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded Dr. Michael P. McDonald a $850,000 grant to collect, disseminate, and visualize precinct boundaries and election results.