Conflicting Tweets on Florida Turnout:
“District 23 here in Stuart looked like a ghost town this afternoon. Hopefully, the LACK of turnout here is an exception.”
“Mitt Romney is getting nervous about Florida Primary Voter Turnout, Voter Turnout at an all time low”
“Turnout as of 4 pm: 9.9% at sample polling places for today’s elections, plus 22.7% early vote/mail ballot turnout prior to election day.”
“Sarasota: Primary turnout is very light”
John Avalon, Daily Beast- “I’m hearing relatively low turnout in FLA: wonder if its the avalanche of negative ads - 93% of total in the last week.”
From twitter:
My Tea Party Girlfriend: “Just voted for Newt! Only 15 people voted all day at my precinct...liberal land” #delraybeach #NEWT2012
1 hour ago
Two more hours and this is so stressful - can you imagine how Newt is feeling?????
Hope the low turnout is not due to the voters being mailed absentee ballots by Romney’s campaign.
That will just be horrible - will absentee ballots figure into the results tonight???
“District 23 here in Stuart looked like a ghost town this afternoon. Hopefully, the LACK of turnout here is an exception.” “
District 26 in Palm City, Fla - next to Stuart - steady flow all day.
2 votes cast for Newt .....
On the local news at polling locations in Jupiter, Stuart, & the Treasure Coast, the story is low turnout w/ expectations in the 45-50%. That would be off from the 60% levels in 2010.