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Florida Republicans pulled ahead of Democrats Thursday in the number of pre-Election Day votes cast, a major shift from previous voting patterns and another sign that the GOP could have a very good night on Nov. 8.
Democrats have built up leads in pre-Election Day voting each of the last two cycles, only to be swamped by Republicans on Election Day.
Now it appears that Republicans will actually have the lead in votes cast heading into Election Day, a potentially ominous sign for Democrats.
As of Thursday afternoon, Florida Republicans had cast 848,350 ballots through mail or in-person early voting, while Democrats had cast 831,509. That's a lead of 16,841 ballots cast for the GOP, according to data compiled by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism.
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In 2018, Democrats had cast 31,641 more ballots than Republicans heading into Election Day and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis still won.
In 2020, Democrats were leading by 125,063 votes cast over Republicans going into Election Day and former President Donald Trump still easily carried Florida, winning by more than 371,000 votes.
The latest polls show DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio with sizable leads against their Democratic challengers.
Florida Republicans take the lead in early voting ballots, an ominous sign for Democrats
Florida Republicans pulled ahead of Democrats Thursday in the number of pre-Election Day votes cast, a major shift from previous voting patterns and another sign that the GOP could have a very good night on Nov. 8.
Democrats have built up leads in pre-Election Day voting each of the last two cycles, only to be swamped by Republicans on Election Day.
Now it appears that Republicans will actually have the lead in votes cast heading into Election Day, a potentially ominous sign for Democrats.
As of Thursday afternoon, Florida Republicans had cast 848,350 ballots through mail or in-person early voting, while Democrats had cast 831,509. That's a lead of 16,841 ballots cast for the GOP, according to data compiled by Fresh Take Florida, a news service of the University of Florida College of Journalism.
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In 2018, Democrats had cast 31,641 more ballots than Republicans heading into Election Day and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis still won.
In 2020, Democrats were leading by 125,063 votes cast over Republicans going into Election Day and former President Donald Trump still easily carried Florida, winning by more than 371,000 votes.
The latest polls show DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio with sizable leads against their Democratic challengers.