Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• MCGINN, CHRISTOPHER
• DEBBAGE, KEITH G.

Titel

The Electoral Geography of Provisional Ballots by County: The North Carolina 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Ist Teil von

• Southeastern geographer, 2015-09, Vol.55 (3), p.293-312

Ort / Verlag

Chapel Hill: Journal of the Southeastern Division, Association of American Geographers

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The geography of provisional ballots is a realm of electoral geography that is increasingly important since such ballots can frequently shape electoral outcomes. That said, it is an area of inquiry that remains considerably under-researched. The purpose of this paper is to partially remedy this deficiency by highlighting the geographic significance and overall impact of the 52,000 provisional ballots cast during the 2008 presidential election in North Carolina. The paper focuses on a comprehensive analysis of the spatial distribution of provisional ballots in both absolute and relative terms by county. Based on a regression analysis we highlight the links that exist between the number of provisional ballots cast by county and various predictor variables. The research found that older, well-educated, predominately white counties found in Western and Coastal North Carolina cast fewer provisional ballots than other counties. Furthermore, counties with long agricultural histories and “minority-majorities” located in the northeastern part of the state cast provisional ballots at much higher rates.