Posted on 08/31/2016 10:21:36 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Republican Party attracted more voters to the polls Tuesday night than Democrats during Florida’s primary.
With 99 percent of precincts called, Republicans attracted more than 1,429,000 voters to the polls for GOP candidates running for an open Senate seat, while Democrats attracted more than 1,127,000 voters to choose the party’s nominee for the Senate run.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio easily trounced his competition on the Republican side, garnering just over 70 percent of the GOP vote, while Florida Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy won his primary with almost 60 percent of Democratic support.
Florida is seen as a key state in the general election and both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are fighting to win favor of voters from the sunshine state.
The Orlando Sentinel reported a poll released this week that shows Florida is still too close to call between Clinton and Trump, with Clinton at 44 and Trump at 42. The poll’s margin of error is 4 percent.
Third party candidates also factored into the numbers. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 6 percent while Jill Stein garnered 2 percent.
According to the Sentinel, Trump has strong support in North and Southwest Florida, while Clinton is way ahead in Southeast Florida. As in previous election cycles, the I-4 corridor between Daytona Beach to Orlando and St. Petersburg will be key.
I feel better about taking FL than I do OH or VA.
This IS good news, but the folks that want more welfare, food stamps, and gimmeedats aren’t likely to be voting in the primaries, anyway. The good thing is that Trump should be WAY up with independents.
Fantastic news, assuming this is a higher margin than 2012. Trump only has to do a little better than Mittens did in FL.
Yes, really really good news.
What a hoot.
Rep Senate Primary Total 2012 - 1,120,643
Dem Senate Primary total 2012 - 869,619
Don’t know if it’s such good news. Headline should read GOPe got more votes because that’s what happened. I don’t mind Rubio winning, think it gives us a better chance of winning and Rubio has some good qualities.
However, I read an article the next day that said the people picked the mainstream candidate over the far right. More of the same.
There are also Trump supporters who probably stayed home.
250,000 difference in 2012. 300,000 difference this year. Interesting
YIPPIE!!! I have been wondering but have not had time to check. But of course I can always check FR :) Thanks so much Red!
No, the second line is Dems
“Means nothing”
Fake pollsters
That doesn’t factor in the NYNJMA snowbirds who will vote absentee at home while the winter in Miami, and vote again.
A lot depends on how much Hillary and the DNC are spending on the ground game in November. I lived in Florida in 2008 and remember the rented buses of people the Dems scraped up off the streets and out of the housing projects whooping and hollering for Obama as they were led into the polling place. They were all wearing buttons and other election material and the election officials did not make them remove it. Many were inebriated or high. There were reports of Democrat operatives and nursing home employees voting the ballots of nursing home patients.
As far as Ohio is concerned Kasich will do all he can to make sure the state Republican party ground game does nothing to help Trump.
For Trump to win the GOP base needs to turn out in record numbers and the black and Hispanic vote needs to be lower than normal. Getting people to the polls takes money, databases, and organization. The Democrats are best at the ground game.
“250,000 difference in 2012. 300,000 difference this year. Interesting” Oh but there is a big difference. In 2012 we had a candidate whose son later admitted he really didn’t want to win and still lost by 1/2 a point or so. We don’t have that problem this time.
Yes so our advantage went from 250,000 more voters in 2012 to 300,000 voters in 2016. Looks like basic math
That is a very interesting result. Particularly since Trump wasn’t even on the ballot and Rubio beat his nearest challenger by more than 53% (and that was a vote among Republicans!). It shows how popular Rubio is among Florida Republicans. If Trump can get Rubio to stump for him, that would really help Trump in Florida, I think.
“Getting people to the polls takes money, databases, and organization. The Democrats are best at the ground game.”
Excellent point.
The DNC have given up on the Senate seat in Ohio.
Rubio is the incumbent so it is naturally the one to get the nod in the nomination for Senate.
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