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Visiting lecturer @UFJSchool. Data editor @FreshTakeFla. Founder @fladatacom and https://t.co/6ejt9DIEyG. Past @TB_Times, @datapath, @USMC
St Petersburg, FL
Joined June 2019
In order to have a felony charge against her dismissed, Rebekah Jones agreed to pay a $20,000 fine, complete 150 hours of community service, see a licensed therapist and – a big one –admit guilt. On Substack, Jones is taking a victory lap claiming complete and total vindication.
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Florida has just recorded receiving it's 1,000,000th ballot.
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Florida Turnout (October 17) .@FlaDems +51,851 over @FloridaGOP.- DEM: 406,759 (42.4%).- GOP: 355,097 (37.1%).- OTH: 196,571 20.5%).Statewide turnout is D+5.3.Dems outperforming GOP in 66/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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Florida Turnout (October 21).@FloridaGOP +18,899 over @FlaDems .- GOP: 679,644 (40.5%).- DEM: 660,745 (39.3%) .- OTH: 338,751 (20.2%) .Statewide turnout is R+1.1 .Dems outperforming GOP in 57/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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It’s gonna be an uphill climb.
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@DavidKillion4 @joshdcaplan Melvin Capital, a huge hedge fund, borrowed and sold billions of dollars worth of GameStop stock. Reddit users pumped the stock to absurd levels and forced Melvin to repurchase the borrowed shares at insane prices. TLDR: Reddit essentially killed off a hedge fund.
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@BenMullin This is one of the retracted stories. It would be reasonably difficult to fact-check a story from Ukraine's frontlines. You'd think an editor would have caught on before the 23rd article went out.
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It is no secret in the news industry that @UFJSchool is one of the best preparatory powerhouses for aspiring journalists. If you have any doubts, have a look at the list of 2021 SPJ awards announced today. Congratulations to all.
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I’m down in Fort Myers with a handful of reporting students from @UFJSchool. We all have a newfound appreciation of nature’s raw power. The destruction is unimaginable.
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First look at Florida in-person early voting turnout by race:.- 9.4% of active White voters have voted IPEV. - 6.3% of active Hispanic voters have voted IPEV. - 6.9% of active Black voters have voted IPEV. From Division of Elections data published this am. #FlaPol @FreshTakeFla.
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Seminole has the same issue as Broward and Hillsborough. Accurate numbers are being displayed on ElectionLink. Fixed here. Good luck to everyone else.
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Sunshine Skyway has gone red, white and blue for Veterans Day. The $15 million project has eight presets for different holidays. More info:
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Early in-person voting begins tomorrow in most Florida counties. Voters in eight counties will have to wait until Saturday. (This graphic has been updated to correct an error from the Florida Division of Elections which listed Volusia County's early voting start date as
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@JimRosicaFL @GeoRebekah @IRE_NICAR This is a stain on an otherwise terrific reputation for @IRE_NICAR. I hope this is a one-off.
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@GeoRebekah @JimRosicaFL @IRE_NICAR I’m a journalist and a dues-paying member of NICAR. A good journalist never forms a conclusion using a single source. I’m not here to rain on your parade, but I probably won’t be in attendance. We can leave it at that.
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@FrankLuntz @jmclghln Well, Frank, you're still working even after all of those 2016 post-debate focus groups told us that Trump essentially had zero chance of winning the GOP primary - let alone the presidency. If you can find work, he'll find work.
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This is precisely why I have a problem with editorial boards. While journalists understand a separation exists between news and opinion, the fact is, most readers don't. If you're going to do it, do it with tact, sincerity and professionalism. Rhetoric like this misses the mark.
Gov. DeSantis’ anti-riot law didn’t apply as Cuba protesters shut down a Miami-Dade road. Hmmm . 💭 The latest in Opinion from the Miami Herald Editorial Board
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@clwphoto1 Marines don’t typically wear web belts with utilities. This has to be a Jr. ROTC mandatory fun day.
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3 p.m.: GOP now leads Dems by 74K voters. GOP holds a near 2:1 advantage in election day turnout. Statewide Election Day Voter Stats:.GOP: 406K.DEM: 210K.OTH: 61K. If you want to see which party holds the advantage by county, check out our voter chart:
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Florida Republicans have just now taken the lead in turnout. Democrats began the first day of early voting with a 71,000-vote head start. That margin was wiped out in less than 9 hours. We're in uncharted waters. @FloridaGOP @FlaDems @EvanPower @NikkiFried #FlaPol @FreshTakeFla
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@danielmalmer @mcimaps @LaurenWern Yeah. It's not intended to imply that Dems are going to lose Miami. When GOP turnout percentages are greater than Dem turnout percentages, GOP turnout begins to cut into the natural advantage Dems hold through party registration. It means Miami-Dade is underperforming.
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What happens when a @UF student gets caught by campus police with a fake ID? JOU4111 students combed through four years of court records to find out. @j_acosta99 @juliana_f616 @AlanHalaly @jiselle_lee @meggmcglone @vernocera @CamilaSaPereira @BryceSchuele
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3,000,000 votes have now been cast in Florida. - Republicans are now up by about 250,000 votes or 8.2 points. - Hillsborough County went red this morning. Miami-Dade should follow suit this afternoon. - View our dashboard below for additional realtime state and county
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Florida Republicans have just cast their millionth ballot. They are currently up 5.5 points statewide over Democrats. From @FreshTakeFla
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I left St. Pete at 11:30 just ahead of the bridge closures. Here are my last four videos documenting conditions on Tampa Bay.
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1 p.m.: GOP continues to grow lead. Now +45K voters. Democrats leads GOP in e-day voters in just four counties (Broward, Leon, Gadsden, Alachua). About four GOP voters for every Dem voter in Sarasota today.
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The penultimate voter turnout update:.@FloridaGOP +848,850 over @FlaDems.- GOP: 3,536,879 (43.3%) .- DEM: 2,688,029 (32.9%) .- OTH: 1,949,708 (23.8%) .Statewide turnout is R+10.4 .Live turnout dashboard:
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A Thanksgiving classic. I’m having filet.
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Looking at pictures and videos of the Fort Myers area is surreal. Two places I used to call home are decimated. Fort Myers Beach is all but unrecognizable. Literally wiped from the map. The destruction is vast. We're looking at years of work to undo what this storm did. Insanity.
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.@romyellenbogen is on fire. She's been digging into Florida prisons, a long-neglected area of journalism. Inmates are incredibly vulnerable and lack the advocacy required to affect change - let alone get anyone to notice their plight. I'm thrilled she's pulling on this thread.
BREAKING: Florida prison guard accused in near-fatal beating of female inmate had long history of abuse complaints including depriving inmates of food, dousing them with chemicals and forcing female inmates to have sex. @romyellenbogen @miamiherald
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Regurgitating such an extraordinary claim from an unnamed source is incredibly reckless. It’s sad to see so many people immediately buy into this narrative without demanding a shred of evidence. At a minimum, produce the list.
Sanibel/Pine Island source: It's really bad down there. The missing person count is up to around 4000 but there's roadblocks to accurately reconciling that number. There's a significant number suicides from the storm. Folks didn't evacuate, got flooded out, knew they were about.
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Two million ballots have now been cast in Florida. @FlaDems were up 5.6 points when we crossed the million-vote mark Friday. Thanks to a 2:1 advantage in early voter turnout, @FloridaGOP now leads by 4. That's a swing of 10 points in just four days. #FlaPol From @FreshTakeFla
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@DataRepublican Unfortunately, this is how political committees work in Florida. Someone who manages a dozen or so committees will, through a series of convoluted transactions to and from each, effectively scramble the funds so that it is impossible to determine the source of the contributions.
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@guypbenson Most of those vehicles were gifted to the ANA and ANP. By the end of the war, few troops were in Humvees. Given the rise of IEDs and EFPs, they’re death traps. We certainly had no interest in paying to bring them home. The cost of maintaining them will be too steep.
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I know that most journalists don’t appreciate criticism, but I do. This is a fair critique.
SPECIAL THREAD. On June 4, the Miami Herald published an article: "What Rebekah Jones saw behind the scenes at the Florida Department of Health". This is a thread about the piece's factual errors, opinions presented as facts, omissions, and distortions.
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Florida Turnout (October 23).@FloridaGOP +204,466 over @FlaDems.- GOP: 1,224,786 (43.5%).- DEM: 1,020,320 (36.3%).- OTH: 567,098 (20.2%).Statewide turnout is R+7.3.Dems outperforming GOP in 39/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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And here we go. - I will be posting hourly updates tomorrow. - will refresh every two minutes. - We're still waiting on 19 counties to list election results pages. We have links for 48 counties: R+839,462 (+10.2).@FreshTakeFla
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It’s not often the media censors government records. If you can report the contents of the document, why not release the document? The reader is being forced to accept the reporting as gospel. If you had to negotiate terms with Jones for docs, that should be disclosed.
@st7v7ns @HealthyFla @GeoRebekah @JaredEMoskowitz No sorry. It's a confidential file that the Herald obtained. I think it will become available via records request after the case closes.
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Congratulations to @UFJSchool’s @ChrisWill_TV and @opheliejacobson for placing first and fourth in #HearstAwards’ television features competition. 🐊
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Rebekah Jones is no longer a certified candidate for Congress. She’s on the ballot, but votes for her will not count.
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Investigations like this one led me to work at the Times. It’s one of the best teams in the industry. Please give this story a read and then subscribe. The paper really needs your help to continue reporting at this level.
“There were trucks with no keys,” the company’s safety and compliance manager testified. “Employees were using screwdrivers to open the door locks.”
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Early voting in Florida has been open for about three hours now. Here are the voter turnout totals so far:.Dems: 15,364.Reps: 25,120.Other: 8,965.Dems hit a high margin of +71,000 votes this morning. GOP voters have so far whittled that lead down to +62,000.
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Nope. Can’t get behind this at all. This probably won’t alter my positive opinion of NICAR, but it’s an embarrassing mistake.
.@GeoRebekah will be a featured speaker at the @IRE_NICAR annual data journalism conference, being held online this year bc of the pandemic. #FlaPol
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It’s opening day for early voting in Florida’s “The Villages.” Though there are only 125k active voters — and the GOP enjoys a 50k-voter advantage — the Harris campaign has dispatched high-profile surrogates to the area. Polls open at 9 a.m. Live tracker:
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Florida Turnout (October 24).@FloridaGOP +301,440 over @FlaDems.- GOP: 1,476,360 (44.36%).- DEM: 1,174,920 (35.31%).- OTH: 676,595 (20.33%) .Statewide turnout is R+9 .Dems outperforming Reps in 30/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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Florida Turnout (October 18).@FlaDems +59,268 over @FloridaGOP.- DEM: 458,193 (42.4%) .- GOP: 398,925 (37.0%) .- OTH: 222,660 (20.6%) .Statewide turnout is D+5.4 .Dems outperforming GOP in 66/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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As Southwest Florida residents spent Saturday clearing mud and debris from their yards and homes, Crystal Edge and her family salvaged the last tangible memory of her mother. From @juliamcoin and @jack_prator @FreshTakeFla
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These were Florida's returned mail ballot totals the day early voting opened. (Monday).2016: 1.2M.2020: 2.5M.2024: 979K (Three days remaining).This may indicate that the electorate is returning to pre-COVID form.
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8,000,000 ballots have now been cast in Florida. GOP turnout is up 10+ points (866k ballots) over Dems.
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This story took me six months to write, it'll take you five minutes to read. Excellent guidance from @EthanMagoc and @herbertlowe. I attended the school that snagged @tbridis. How fortunate I was to have access to such a great editor while in college.
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Florida Republicans just crossed the 3,000,000-voter mark. #FlaPol.GOP turnout now 54.6%. Democratic turnout now >50%
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While the spring semester kicks off tomorrow, it’s been an absolute joy revisiting the highs from fall. It’s a tall order, but I have no doubt our @UFJSchool students will outdo themselves yet again. A more fulfilling job simply does not exist.
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With early voting booths in most Florida counties set to begin operations this morning, here’s a final snapshot of mail ballot voters pre-IPEV.
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I don’t think I could have picked a better time to walk out on civilization. Still, there’s a part of me that feels like I’m missing out on a huge shift in our culture. I had to google Carol Baskin today to interpret a meme. Now I’m considering staying in the mountains forever.
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I’ve read versions of this story from four outlets. The Alligator’s coverage is the only one worth reading. Excellent job, @OAteyah.
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1500 update:.- 10,000,000 votes have now been cast. Reps now outperforming Dems in all 67 counties. R+1,143,197.Live Data:
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The GOP is leading in raw voter turnout by 300k votes, but a key measure of performance is which party is turning out the highest proportion of its voters. While the GOP is almost certain to win the statewide vote, this measure exposes potential county-level vulnerability.
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Florida Turnout (October 15):.@FlaDems +40,886 over @FloridaGOP.- DEM: 303,591 .- GOP: 262,705 .- OTH: 143,958 .See county-level data here:
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We now have county-level in-person early voter turnout broken down by race and gender. Be mindful that this dataset is updated by the state just once per day, not every five minutes. As a result, figures could be up to a day old.
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The bag is packed for #pct2020. I’ll be spending a month in the Appalachians for a warmup. Mexican border on 3/14. The adventure begins in 12 days.
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If you’re going to flee the scene after hitting a car, make sure the other driver isn’t a journalism professor who specializes in courts, crimes, data and who, in the ninth grade, memorized pi to 25 decimal places and hasn’t forgotten it. I’m fine, he’s headed to jail.
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Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah recently asserted that FDLE found no evidence linking her or her devices to the sending of unauthorized messages. The warrant specifically contradicts that claim.
BREAKING: FDLE found no evidence of a message sent last Nov. to DOH staff telling them to 'speak out' on any of the devices they took - the entire basis for the raid on my home in Dec. The warrant was based on a lie. We argued this in court just last week. This should be victory.
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Rebekah Jones is teasing a congressional run again. For those keeping score at home, this is the third time. We’re being dragged along for a ride for 40 more days this go-around.
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Election Day thread:. Baseline: We begin the day with Dems down 137,906 ballots. Dems currently hold a ballot lead in 11 of 67 counties: . Alachua, Broward, Duval, Gadsden, Hillsborough, Leon, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach and Pinellas. 1.96M mail and IPEV ballots have.
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I'll say it again - with apologies to runner-up @craigtimes - this is the best Florida podcast out there.
In the 1930s, as part of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt started a program called the Civilian Conservation Corps. It brought new jobs to young working men, but also changed the way Americans looked at nature around them. 🌿. Listen to their story here!
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Today was the final day of in-person early voting for 48 counties in Florida. Here's a list of counties where voters can still cast an in-person early vote tomorrow. Contact your local county Supervisor of Election's office for absentee/mail ballot timeline and instructions.
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4,000,000 votes have now been cast in Florida. Turnout is R+10.6. GOP leads by 426,689 ballots.
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Seven hours after Republicans crossed the million-voter mark, Democrats have done the same. From @FreshTakeFla
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1100 update:.- Dems lead in raw Election Day turnout in five counties: Broward, Leon, Gadsden, Alachua, Osceola. - GOP to hit 4,000,000, Dems 3,000,000 shortly. - GOP up 11.1 points. R+1,029,091 .Live Data:
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Florida Turnout (October 31).@FloridaGOP +778,291 over @FlaDems.- GOP: 2,995,994 (44.5%) .- DEM: 2,217,703 (32.9%) .- OTH: 1,517,947 (22.6%) .Statewide turnout is R+11.6 .Live turnout dashboard:
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AP simply scrapes data from the same government websites we all incessantly refresh on election nights. Are you seriously advocating for government agencies to be the arbiters of elections over the free market? You appear to be in lockstep with the feds on this matter.
Well that’s a problem. A biased media organization should NOT be “critical infrastructure.” Governments need to build their own “critical infrastructure” that works for something as fundamental as calling elections.
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We now have charts displaying cumulative turnout by party over time for each Florida county. Dashboard:
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Florida Democrats are currently leading in raw voter turnout in nine counties. (center column).Republicans will likely take the lead in Hillsborough and Miami-Dade by tomorrow afternoon. From @FreshTakeFla
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5,000,000 voters have now cast ballots in Florida. GOP leads by 11.5 points or more than 575,000 voters. From @FreshTakeFla
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A half-percent margin for Harris in Palm Beach County. Now that Miami seems off the table for Democrats, Broward could soon stand alone.
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Florida Turnout (October 22).@FloridaGOP +111,322 over @FlaDems.- GOP: 944,356 (42.5%) .- DEM: 833,034 (37.5%) .- OTH: 445,267 (20.0%) .Statewide turnout is R+5 .Dems outperforming GOP in 44/67 counties. See county-level data here:
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Fresh Take Florida reporters @abbeyhasebroock and @CarolinaIlvento tracked down more than a half-dozen Floridians with ties to Ukraine to record their feelings about the Russian incursion.
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As we kick off the final full week before Election Day, here's the current state of the race in FL:.- Republicans lead mail/ev turnout by > 500k. - Republicans lead mail/ev turnout in 60 counties. - Republicans hold an 11-point overall turnout lead. Dashboard:
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Incredibly proud of these two. If your organization is searching for a developer/data journalist, reach out to them.
In a growing need for transparency between UF and its students and faculty, @zjcarnell and I developed a campus crime map. Users can explore crimes on campus and access a table of all reported UF crimes by the university police department since 2016.
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Thread: Primary updates:.10:22 a.m.: GOP began the day with a 111k-voter deficit. Dems turnout lead has shrunk to just 45k a few hours in. This isn't pertinent to primary contests, but it does impact local, non-partisan races.
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>Previous tweet was 2 p.m.<.3 p.m.: GOP leads Dems by 93K votes. Dems lead GOP in turnout in 13/67 counties:.Of note, Pinellas, the state's presidential bellwether, is moving slowly to the right. This list will undoubtedly shorten as we approach poll closing.
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@MNateShyamalan @colinismyname The most egregious lapse of integrity was chucking the gem off the back of the ship during the expedition to find said gem. Could have saved them a lot of time and money by saying “Oh, hang on. It’s right here in my dresser drawer.”.
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Right off the bat, Republicans account for more than half of all Election Day voters.
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Democrats are currently outperforming Republicans in 65 of 67 Florida counties.
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7 p.m. Eastern polls are closed! Now the fun begins. Latest numbers:.GOP: 1.7M | DEM: 1.5M | OTH: 428K. GOP leads Dems by 188K. GOP edges out Dems in Pinellas by ~350 votes. A huge election day swing of 300K votes.
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