ELECTION 2006: SARASOTA RECOUNT
Analysis: Ballots favored Dems

Sarasota's 'undervotes' were examined in 5 state races.

Jim Stratton | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted November 22, 2006

The group of nearly 18,000 voters that registered no choice in Sarasota's disputed congressional election solidly backed Democratic candidates in all five of Florida's statewide races, an Orlando Sentinel analysis of ballot data shows.

Among these voters, even the weakest Democrat -- agriculture-commissioner candidate Eric Copeland -- outpaced a much-better-known Republican incumbent by 551 votes.

The trend, which continues up the ticket to the race for governor and U.S. Senate, suggests that if votes were truly cast and lost -- as Democrat Christine Jennings maintains -- they were votes that likely cost her the congressional election.

full story at OrlandoSentinel.com