Politico on GOP voter turnout in Florida: ‘If that pace holds, Trump is favored to win the state’

Twitchy ^ | Nov 3, 2020 | Greg P.

[conservativepoet]

Marco Rubio @marcorubio Early turnout reports indicate #Florida is witnessing a GOP voter participation % of historic proportions 12:06 PM · Nov 3, 2020

[LouieFisk]

“Why say things like this with HOURS left to vote.”
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Yup. The “it’s all over, stay home folks” announcements should be held off, especially ones made by elected officials.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Yes. At least by party affiliation and of course the GOP is winning big time there

As I recall in 2016 the panhandle came in one hour later since it’s in the central time zone and put Trump over the top

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Does anyone know if these FL #s include Miami-Dade???

[mware]

Thanks I thought I remembered from last time around that the panhandlers was red.

[D Rider]

Picks up in about 45 min. As people are leaving work and go to the polls

[ConservativeInPA]

It includes Miami-Dade. Sarasota and another county which I do not remember are being manually updated. GOP up 138K now statewide. R's have +44k more votes in Miami Dade compared to '16, but still lag D's. That right there is:

[PermaRag]

"R's have +44k more votes in Miami Dade compared to '16, but still lag D's."

Seeing as how Trump lost Dade in '16 by nearly 300,000 votes, which was the biggest deficit there for any candidate in history, that lag might continue for quite a while. Trump hardly needs to win Dade (good thing too) but if he can stop the bleeding at about -200K (2012) or better yet but far less likely -150K (2008) that would be a solid improvement.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

If “R’s have +44k more votes in Miami Dade compared to ‘16” how are they still lagging the Dems???

Thanks!

[ConservativeInPA]

Trump is going to lose Miami Dade. It just go to show he is out performing there this year. He’ll lose Broward and Palm Beach counties too, but he has more votes in those counties than he did in ‘16 already today.

[Jeff Chandler]

From your keyboard to God’s monitor.

[xp38]

[kara37]

When you have to start hedging your bets on crossover and Independent voters to save you, you lost.
If you can’t turn out your own party voters to vote for you, why would you count on crossovers or independents?

[conservativepoet]

Republicans are turning out in record numbers.

[ConservativeInPA]

If “R’s have +44k more votes in Miami Dade compared to ‘16” how are they still lagging the Dems???

Trump did not win Miami Dade in '16. He is just performing better this year. It cuts into the statewide total of D's votes. Note all this talk is in a bubble. No one is mentioning the 2.2m unaffiliated votes which is 111.69% of unaffiliated votes in '16. Turnout across the board is huge.

[Jimmy The Snake]

Yup GOP votes early when they open and then after work because they work

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

The unaffiliated votes sure are huge. I wonder if these votes are factored into the R lead???

[j.havenfarm]

De Santis appeared on Levin and predicted, instead of losing Miami Dade by 30 like last time, Trump will lose by 15. That’s a huge accomplishment if achieved

[TexasGator]

“All this does is discourage our side “

Winning is discouraging?

[j.havenfarm]

Good news causes people to want to join in the victory. Impending defeat is what discourages turnout

[xp38]

Winning creates a bandwagon effect