Duval County comparison. These are VOTED but not COUNTED numbers.
2012
Absentee Ballot: REP - 39,686, DEM - 30157, REP lead of 9529, 48.0% to 36.5%, margin of 11.5%
In-Person Early: REP - 63,694, DEM - 86,124, DEM lead of 22,430, 36.5% to 49.3%, margin of 12.8%
Election Day Vote: REP 63,007, DEM - 63,072, DEM lead of 65, 40.0% to 40.0%
Total Voted: REP - 166,387, DEM - 179, 353, DEM lead of 12,966, 43.2% to 40.1
2012 COUNTED results: Obama - 47.67%, 196,737 Romney - 51.27% 211,615. Romney obviously won the independents and carried the county.
2016 (VOTED but not COUNTED)
Absentee Ballot: REP - 14,960, DEM - 11,945, REP lead of 3,015, 48.2% to 38.5%, margin of 9.7%
In-Person Early: REP - 6,127, DEM - 7,878, DEM lead of 1,751, 38.3% to 49.2% , margin of 10.9%
Election Day Vote: REP - 0, DEM - 0
Total Voted: REP - 21,087, DEM - 19823, REP lead of 1,264
REP absentee lead is down slightly from 2012 (9.7% vs 11.5%)
DEM in-person lead is down slightly from 2012 (10.9% vs 12.8%)
Thanks. You should play around with cuyahoga vote labels compare 2012 to 2016. Good stuff there. Was looking at it last night.
Bill, am I reading this right? We went from D lead of 12,000 in 2012 to R lead of 1200 today?????