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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Tennessee Primaries are today. The first held under the new gerrymander that cracks Memphis 3 ways, destroying a compact majority-Black district. A move allowed by the gutting of the VRA I delved into the map and process here mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-287-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Latest issue🚨 An extremely detailed look at the history and power of the Voting Rights Act. How the law has transformed elections and maps. And the damage the Callais decision will cause. mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-286-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

My latest article looks at the effect of violence in determining elections In 1870 Florida, Klan violence intensified, leading to thousands of Black voters being kept from the polls. Intimidation and direct murder reigned across Florida #flapol mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-275-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today marks the start of Black History Month Florida has no shortage of major moments in Black history; from the Civil War through Jim Crow This link has a collection of several history articles I've written on Black Florida political history #FlaPol mcimaps.substack.com/p/special-is...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Need a break from distressing national news? I have a new history article out. Looking at the electoral career of George Martin, a state lawmaker and eventual Tallahassee Mayor. A look back in time in rural capital-city politics #flapol mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-270-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I have published my final analysis and numbers breakdown of the Miami Mayor runoff This piece looks at final turnout figures for vote and how Higgins massively over-performed party metrics. She did far better with independents than Harris #flapol mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-267-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Last night, Democrat Eileen Higgins won the election for Mayor of Miami, giving the office to a democrat for the first time in over two decades! I dive into the results and break things down in my latest newsletter mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-266-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Last week, Orlando voters ousted their last Republican city commissioner. An incumbent since 2012, Jim Gray was trounced by former State House member Tom Keen I dive into the details of the race in my latest article mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-261-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

In Miami, Democrat Eileen Higgins easily advanced to a December runoff with Republican Emilio Gonzalez Thanks to incredibly strong Democratic turnout, fellow Dem Ken Russell almost edged into second! This also marks the end for several longtime politicos. Carollo, Suarez, Portilla. The titans fell

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Turnout in Miami as of 1pm. Democrats have done a very good job getting their side out. In 2024, democrats had a 6% lead in vote cast. Right now that lead is almost 13%!

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Today Miami has a dynamic 6 way race for mayor. Actually it’s 12 but we have 6 candidates who all have a shot at making the runoff I delve deep into the race dynamics here mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-259-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I present. The partisan breakdown of the over 1,200 elected county CORONERS in America 💀 You can read all about these spooky elections here mcimaps.com/halloween-20...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

No state has seen a bigger shift in the party affiliation of county coroners than Arkansas In 2017, Democrats dominated the office. Now in 2025 the GOP has 3x the offices. A vast majority of this is party switching or retirements. More coroner maps in coming days 🎃

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The great 2025 Coroner Elections breakdown is almost done. 🎃 Thursday or Friday, we will see how all these dark purple counties voted in their races for county coroner! You can read my 2021 breakdown here and guess which areas changed parties mcimaps.com/halloween-20...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Today in Akron, Ohio, as well as in several other towns, kids will be going Trick or Treating tonight 🎃🍭 Several townships in the Midwest, especially in the suburbs south of Cleveland, designate official trick or treat days, rather than simply go with Halloween

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Day 19 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween Mississippi used to be heavily Democratic down-ballot, and that was reflected in coroner posts. By 2023, however, things had flipped, thanks largely to retirements or party switching. Only a few incumbents actually lost

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Day 18 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2023, Democrats flipped the coroner post in just 1 county in Mississippi's elections In Pike County, David Taylor, the owner of a local funeral home, defeated deputy coroner Chan Thomas, who was trying to hold the office for his retiring boss

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Meant to post yesterday! Day 17 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 Montana is a state where a vast majority of counties elect the office of "Sheriff & Coroner." In addition, a batch of counties elect coroner non-partisan. Only 9 counties do partisan elections.

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 16 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2020, Lake County, IL - one of Chicago's "Collar Counties" - saw DEMs sweep local offices, ousting the Republican Coroner & State Attorney. This continued the long trend of down-ballots catching up with President top-lines

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 15 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 New York State still has several upstate counties that have elected coroners. Several actually elect multiple coroners to districts! This is as of 2021, and I will have a 2025 update later this month

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 14 (I'm a day late) of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 A crazy example of ticket splitting at the local level. In 2019, Webster County elected a Democrat to its open coroner post while at the same time voting heavily GOP for Governor

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Day 13 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2023, incumbent Democratic Coroner Mack Wilemon opted to run for re-election as a NPA. This worked out for him, leading to his victory in a county that went Republican by almost 50 points in the #MSGov race

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 12 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2018, a crazy dynamic played out in the Butler County, Alabama coroner election. Incumbent Wayne Garlock lose his re-election in the Democratic primary. But then he WON as a write-in that November!

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Day 11 of #MappingCoroner elections for Halloween 🎃 The 2017 Primary for Orleans Coroner sparked my fascination with this office. That year, Dwight McKenna, previously in jail for tax evasion, won the office of coroner when the incumbent opted to abandon his own re-election

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The Maduro folks, of course, published false results and claimed victory. Their totals are below. What is especially notable is that their totals were virtually impossible, with each candidate getting a perfect 10th of a percent of the vote, a statistical impossibility

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The opposition knew the Maduro regime would report false results, so democracy activists coordinated efforts to copy the ballot tally sheets from polling stations and post them to a central hub Those tallies showed the opposition easily defeated Maduro

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Day 10 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2023, Lousiana held its state and county elections. The state is home to a very large number of people who run and get elected coroner as NPA candidates, holding 18 posts Democrats are down to 3....

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I wrote about these results back in Halloween of 2023 Most of the party flips were either party switches or incumbents retiring. This brought the office more into the partisan leaning of the top of the ticket Details here mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-136-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Day 9 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 Heading into the 2022 midterms, Kentucky had more Democratic coroners than Republicans. However, in that year's races, Republicans flipped 26 offices! However, only FOUR of these were incumbents being defeated. Details below

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Today is “Leif Erikson Day” in America Every October 9th celebrates the Norse explorer who led, as best we know, the first European expedition to North America, 400+ years before Columbus This fact is woefully overlooked in American history classes

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Day 8 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2017, longtime Democratic coroner Gregory Rohanna lost by just EIGHT VOTES as he ran for re-election. His loss to funeral home director Gene Rush came as the once-Democratic county went from McCain +1 to Trump +30

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Behind on this, so here is Day 7 of #MappingCoroner Elections for Halloween! 🎃 In 2017, the Monroe County, PA coroner's office saw GOP incumbent Bob Allen lose re-election by a wide margin. Incumbent Bob Allen was facing reports of sexual harassment and lost by 20 points

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Day 5 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 In 2017, Chester County, one of the Philly suburban counties, saw a Democratic wave in its local elections. This came on the heels of the county swinging over 9 points in the 2016 Presidential Election.

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Day 5 of mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 While many counties have eliminated the office of coroner over the decades, some counties have voted to retain the office. In 2020, voters in McHenry voted against a measure to make the office appointed.

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Republicans swept the county commission races that same day. Meanwhile the incumbent Democrats for Attorney General and Clerk lost re-election. Only the Democratic incumbent sheriff held on In the coroner race, Hall was the only non-incumbent Democrat to win

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

The same day as that race, Pike County easily voted Republican for US Senate. It also vote for an anti-abortion ballot measure The lone left-leaning precinct in the county covers part of the city of Pikeville

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Day 4 of Mapping #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 Pike County, Kentucky is the heart of coal country. It voted for Donald Trump with over 80% of the vote! Yet in 2022, as Republicans dominated the top of the ticket, the open coroner race saw Democrat Kevin Hall win!

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Day 3 of #CoronerElections for Halloween 2025 🎃 Local elections can yield unique races. For example, in 2023 Mississippi's Monroe County, the Democratic coroner was re-election while running as an independent Despite being a GOP-leaning county, no R ran for the post

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I’m working on an article looking at the elections held in Moldova and Romania earlier this year Both countries saw the Kremlin try and influence results with massive disinformation campaigns. However, both counties voted for pro-European parties. A black eye for Putin

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Day 2 of #CoronerElections for Halloween 🎃 Much has been said about how many states don't require medical training to run for county coroner. Well in Colorado, voters did approve giving the legislature the ability to set standards Some counties rejected this idea! 🤷‍♂️

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Its October which means its Halloween Season!🎃 That also means its time for looking at Coroner elections in America! In 2021, I looked up the partisan makeup of all elected coroners in the country. This month I will work toward 2025 update! My 2021 article is here mcimaps.com/halloween-20...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Republicans in Florida are looking to redistricting the state, hoping to gerrymander out a few more Democrats In my latest article, I dive into the "excuse" Republicans will use to remap and what changes they may try and make - especially in South Florida mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-253-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Last Tuesday, voters in Minnesota cast ballots in a special election following the assassination of Melissa Hortman by a far-right gunman I wrote this article to highlight Hortman’s legacy, discuss the shooting, and the lies that have been spread about it mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-253-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

On Tuesday, Greenland went to the polls to elect a new parliament The democrats, who favor keeping relations with Denmark (with independence eventually) won the election in a major upset - surging 20 points from the last election Full story here! mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-233-...

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

At the turn of the 20th Century, as Florida cemented into Jim Crow, the state was 44% Black. Over the next several decades, tens of thousands of Black Floridians would leave the state. By the 1960s, the state was just 20% Black #flapol

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm working on an article about the Great Migration (Black exodus) in Florida. Should be out in early March. In 1890, Florida was 43% Black; with the population heavily clustered in the old slave counties. Over the next several decades, tens of thousands would leave #flapol

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Tomorrow, Bermuda is going to the polls! I'm working on an election preview, but in the meantime you can read my 2020 article documenting the rise of democracy in the island and the end of an "invisible apartheid" that existed in the country for decades

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mcimaps.bsky.social @mcimaps.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Day 5 of #MappingFLBlackHistory Yesterday, I posted a map showing that just 14% of Florida's Black adult population was registered to vote. At the time, those voters broke down 2-1 Democratic, far less than the breakdowns you see today #flapol

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