County voters in line with rest of state on leaders, amendments

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Voters in Indian River County fell in line with the majority of voters throughout the rest of the State of Florida – not only in terms of their elected officials but also the proposed constitutional amendments.

County voters overwhelmingly supported Republican representatives in the US Senate and the US House of Representatives.

One race, though, that Indian River County voters differed with the state on was that between Gubernatorial candidates Rick Scott and Alex Sink.

County voters favored Scott by more than 10,000 votes – by more than 20 percentage points. At the state level, though, Scott eked out a win by a margin of 1.29 percent, more than enough to avoid a recount.

In all the races Indian River County voters were asked to decide, they did so with a wider margin of support for the Republican candidate, according to elections results released by both the State Division of Elections and the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections Office.

Voter support and opposition to the proposed constitutional amendments, too, mirrored the state’s results.

Voters approved half of the six amendments and denied the other half, including Amendments 4 and 8.

Amendment 4 would have required local referendum for comprehensive land use changes approved by locally elected officials.

Amendment 8 would have given school districts flexibility in implementing class size requirements.

In Indian River County, Amendment 8 failed by less than 2 percent, while statewide it failed by more than 5 percent.

Amendment 4 was resoundingly rejected by both county and statewide voters by more than 20 percent.

Here’s a look at the state races and how Indian River County’s votes compare:

RepresentativeStateCounty

US Senate

 

 

 Marco Rubio

 2,613,880 (48.96%) 

 29,203 (60.85%) 

 Charlie Crist

1,586,563 (29.72%)

12,150 (25.32%)

 Kendrick Meek

1,074,412 (20.12%)

6,028 (12.56%)

 

 

 

US Rep. Dist. 15

 

 

Bill Posey

156,865 (64.74%)

31,992 (70.03%)

Shannon Roberts

85,440 (35.26%)

13,692 (29.97%)

 

 

 

Governor

 

 

Rick Scott

2,588,417 (48.94%)

27,859 (58.77%)

Alex Sink

2,520,141 (47.65%)

17,602 (37.14%)

 

 

 

Attorney General

 

 

Pam Bondi

2,849,211 (54.86%)

28,953 (63.95%)

Dan Gelber

2,148,036 (41.36%)

14,303 (31.59%)

 

 

 

CFO

 

 

Jeff Atwater

2,931,139 (57.39%)

31,419 (68.15%)

Loranne Ausley

1,985,372 (38.87%)

12,917 (28.02%)

 

 

 

Comm. of Agriculture

 

 

Adam Putnam

2,873,827 (56.02%)

30,155 (66.47%)

Scott Maddox

1,952,960 (38.07%)

11,928 (26.29%)

 

 

 

State Rep. Dist. 80

 

 

Debbie Mayfield

40,808 (100%)

25,992 (95.46%)

Write-In

00 (0%)

1,237 (4.54%)

 

State Constitutional Amendments

Need 60 percent to pass

 Amendment 1: Repeal of Public Campaign Financing Requirement

 Choice   StateCounty

Yes:

 2,554,405 (52.50%) 

 23,338 (53.70%) 

No:

2,311,534 (47.50%)

20,121 (46.30%)

Amendment 2: Homestead Ad Valorem Tax Credit for Deployed Military Personnel

 Choice  StateCounty

Yes:

 3,884,694 (77.81%) 

 32,647 (73.17%) 

No:

1,108,160 (22.19%)

11,970 (26.83%)

Amendment 4: Referenda Required for Adoption and Amendment of Local Government Comprehensive Land Use Plans

 Choice  StateCounty

Yes:

 1,658,751 (32.91%)  

 18,602 (41.27%) 

No:

3,381,513 (67.09%)

26,473 (58.73%)

Amendment 5: Standards for Legislature to Follow in Legislative Redistricting

 Choice  StateCounty

Yes:

  3,114,322 (62.54%)

  27,441 (62.88%)

No:

1,865,364 (37.46%)

16,199 (37.12%)

Amendment 6: Standards for Legislature to Follow in Congressional Redistricting

 Choice  StateCounty

Yes:

  3,112,363 (62.88%)

  27,381 (63.16%)

No:

1,837,588 (37.12%)

15,968 (36.84%)

Amendment 8: Revision of the Class Size Requirements for Public Schools

Choice  StateCounty

Yes:

  2,720,999 (54.55%)

  25,627 (58.11%)

No:

2,267,514 (45.45%)

18,476 (41.89%)

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