Alachua County, Florida

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Florida in 1928 chose its Presidentital Electors by voting for the individual electors themselves.  There were six electors for each candidate and the canvass of results shows a large difference between the highest and lowest vote for the electors of a given party. 

I spoke with Richard Winger at Ballot Access News about this peculiarity.  He said that the Presidential Electors were typically ordered on the ballot such that those pledged to the Democratic party are listed first.  Thereby, the voters would cast their ballots for the first six (in the case of 1928) electors.  In Alachua County, apparently, the ballot was ordered differently, placing one Socialist and one Communist elector in the first six, resulting in large vote totals for the "highest" elector.  This is one example where the median result of electors would have been a more appropriate measure of support.

Dave