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- Gypsy C. Gallardo for the Power Broker Media Group For the first time in presidential election history, a majority of Florida’s …
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- Gypsy C. Gallardo for Power Broker Media Group It’s a little-known fact that St. Petersburg’s black voters grew their vote totals in …
Black voters are prepared to support “anyone but Trump,” but show no real zeal for any of the Democratic candidates. February 17, 2020 …
StPetePolls.org's October 20, 2019 poll shows these four candidates as frontrunners for the Nov 5th election: Robert Blackmon (District 1), …
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The women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority with Corey Givens, Jr. at Souls to the Polls St. Pete 2018 Despite overcast skies and intermittent …
Seven precincts at polling places labeled above lag 10 points or more in early votes, compared to the rest of Pinellas County Though …
Black Vote as Share of Total Vote – City of St. Petersburg | ||||
Select elections 2001 to 2016 | ||||
Election | Total Vote | Black Vote | %Black | Type |
2001 Primary | 37,144 | 6,775 | 18.2% | Mayoral |
2001 General | 49,702 | 8,883 | 17.9% | Mayoral |
2004 Primary | 32,317 | 5,114 | 15.8% | Presidential |
2004 General | 117,397 | 21,478 | 18.3% | Presidential |
2005 Primary | 4,034 | 1,297 | 32.2% | |
2005 General | 32,619 | 7,037 | 21.6% | Mayoral |
2008 Primary | 20,695 | 5,003 | 24.2% | Presidential |
2008 General | 123,269 | 25,529 | 20.7% | Presidential |
2009 Primary | 37,076 | 6,939 | 18.7% | Mayoral |
2009 General | 46,678 | 7,041 | 15.1% | Mayoral |
2010 Primary | 37,204 | 6,605 | 17.8% | Gubernatorial |
2010 General | 78,709 | 14,223 | 18.1% | Gubernatorial |
2012 Primary | 35,147 | 6,445 | 18.3% | Presidential |
2012 General | 122,835 | 26,152 | 21.3% | Presidential |
2013 Primary | 50,589 | 7,411 | 14.6% | Mayoral |
2013 General | 53,378 | 9,452 | 17.7% | Mayoral |
2014 Primary | 37,510 | 6,882 | 18.3% | Midterm |
2014 General | 93,213 | 17,094 | 18.3% | Midterm |
2016 Primary | 46,786 | 8,794 | 18.8% | Presidential |
2016 General | 132,468 | 24,649 | 18.6% | Presidential |
Overall average | 1,188,770 | 222,803 | 18.7% | |
Average per election | 19.2% |