It seems like it did in 2004 in FL. A lot of the early polling places in FL are in more urban areas. Not bad areas but spread out. I did it one year but I prefer voting in my own precinct on election day. Also a lot of Repubs do absentee or mails in votes to avoid standing in lines.
I think 2 Democrats for every 1 Republican voted early in person in FL in 2004. They would wait in lines for hours. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/2004-10-31-fla-voters_x.htm
I wish these polls would make more distinction between early voting, mail-in voting, and absentee ballots.