Posted on 10/27/2008 7:29:52 PM PDT by Rumierules
Through Sunday, it appears absentee and early votes have Democrats up by 80,287 votes.
Of the 1,010,046 people who voted early, 53.7 percent were Democrats, 30.19 percent Republicans and 16.02 percent other. Of the 1,059,518 absentee ballots returned so far, 35.31 percent were from Democrats, 50.23 percent Republicans, and 14.46 percent other.
All told, 2,069,564 people have voted already -- 44.33 percent of them Democrats, 40.45 percent Republicans, and 15.22 percent other.
those voting “other” all went for McCain!
That makes it 55% McCain to 44% Obiwan
This should state Dems up 80K voters rather than votes for added clarity. I feel many of those Dem voters are likely voting McCain.
A FL win is really good news.
Never understood this early voting. Maybe someone can explain. What if one of the candidates drops off, for whatever reason, prior to election day—what happens to those votes?
No one is counting the votes. This is BS.
Thank you...
I misread the info, I thought they were COUNTING the votes before Nov 4...Thank you
I have tried to early vote a couple of times, and it is just way too long of a wait , so I have to vote on Election Day.
The heavy turnout in Broward County is not good news, because Broward is rabid Democrat territory.
What is the normal wait you should expect on election day?
You people need to get a grip. The Dems should be up WAY more than this if their supposed support is so high.
This doesn’t tell us who’s voting for who and it doesn’t tell us anything about how the election will go.
Some smart fellow earlier today said that trying to predict election day votes from early voting is like trying to predict the weather by looking at what you ate for lunch. The two have no correlation whatsoever.
Did these numbers include early voters (voting in person) AND absentee ballots sent in?...just curious.
Florida will NOT go to Osammie! Count on it!
Although this is not scientific means at all, I have driven often through parts of town that are HEAVILY DimoRAT and in 2000 and 2004 were LITTERED with Goron and Kerry signs everywhere. NOW .. those same neighborhoods are 10-to-1 McCain signs. Osammie will NOT win Florida!
Yes... what’s up with all the glass half empty talk?
I voted yesterday. What was weird was the 2-3 Black americans that were hanging around in the parking lot right outside the campaining zone with stacks of literature.
Didn’t get anything from them. It was just creepy seeing them hanging around.
Exactly! More Democratic voters doesn't necessarily equal an Obama lead.
Yes. McCain will win Florida, I am almost certain of it. I have yet to vote. I plan to vote early but don’t want to wait in line. I suppose I could leave work at 3 or so and go vote, but choose to work. Weekends are for family and errands.
But my later early vote or on-time election day vote will still count. I don’t think I am unique.
No, they’re not counting votes yet. This is just counting *voters* by party registration, which is public record. How they all voted is anyone’s guess until November 4.
Also note that early voter party registration is often significantly different than the numbers on election day. I’m running a state legislature campaign and we’re fully expecting to lose the absentee/early vote by a significant margin, and then win the election-day vote by a similar margin. Lucky for us, more people vote on election day; I’m expecting a win.
Oh, it is just the Costanza’s and Seinfeld’s voting early to beat the rush in Del Boca Vista. Same people who are in the cafeteria at 4:00 PM.
In 2004 exit polls showed FL percentages were 41% GOP, 37% Dem, 23% Indie.
I thought election results for early voting were not suppose to be released (or is this just some sort of convoluted exit polling data?).
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