Reply #75: Link - FL results by county.xls - '96 to '04 shows steady trend [View All]

I did an Excel spreadsheet with Florida election results by county from 1996 to 2004. (also by vendor of voting machines in 2004)
http://bushspeak.free.fr/Downloads/Florida_1996-2000_by_vendor.zip

You can play with the results as you wish.

The general trend in the so-called Dixiecrat counties shows shows a steady trend since 1996 toward the Republicans. Many of the infamous counties have a 25-30% shift. One has a 39% shift. (You will have to consider that all Perrot's votes went to Bush 7-10%).

The funny thing is that the shift seems rather artificial and equally divided between 96-00 and 00-04. 12-15% each election.

I'll leave the analysis to the Florida people that know the territory.

PS The 2004 results were the unofficial ones released just after the election so you might want to update them.