Democracy Disappeared
How Florida Silences the Black Vote through Felony Disenfranchisement
Democracy Disappeared: How Florida Silences the Black Vote through Felony Disenfranchisement provides an unprecedented analysis of Black neighborhoods and Florida’s historic problem of felony disenfranchisement. In a neighborhood-level analysis, this report published by Advancement Project's national office, shows that Florida’s formerly incarcerated residents overwhelmingly return to Black neighborhoods that have disparate levels of income, employment, education and child poverty compared to the rest of the state.
The analysis shows a relationship between the number of Returning Citizens permanently disenfranchised under current Florida law and poor socio-economic conditions in a neighborhood. Through the stories of Returning Citizens and data, Democracy Disappeared shows how challenging circumstances are when people return home. It also maps how those neighborhoods are harmed by the state’s denial of voting rights to 1.6 million people with prior felony convictions.




Interactive Map: Socio-Economic Conditions of Florida's Returning Citizens
Use this interactive map of Florida to see the socio-economic conditions of residents, including Returning Citizens, broken down by zip code. Included here are: unemployment rate, income and poverty level between 2012-2016.
Learn more about the unemployment rate, income and poverty level of Florida's Returning Citizens between 2012-2016 by zip code.
Appendix: Additional Files
Florida, Relationship between Number of Returning Citizens & Socio-Economic Conditions
- Florida: Scatterplot & Loess Line for Number of Returning Citizens and Post-Secondary Degree Attainment
- Florida: Scatterplot & Loess Line for Number of Returning Citizens and Median Household Income
- Florida: Scatterplot & Loess Line for Number of Returning Citizens and Child Poverty Rates
- Florida: Scatterplot & Loess Line for Number of Returning Citizens and Unemployment Rates
Target Counties, Relationships between Number of Returning Citizens & Socio-Economic Conditions
- Target Counties: Loess Lines for Number of Returning Citizens and Post-Secondary Degree Attainment
- Target Counties: Loess Lines for Number of Returning Citizens and Median Household Income
- Target Counties: Loess Lines for Number of Returning Citizens and Child Poverty Rates
- Target Counties: Loess Lines for Number of Returning Citizens and Unemployment Rates
All data settings and analyses were constructed using R. For those interested in reviewing the code, an R script is available. To get access to the R script, please contact Robb King ([email protected]).