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It’s the GOP’s turn: Florida’s early voting awash in conservative wave
Tampa Bay Times ^ | Oct 19, 2020 | By David Smiley and Karina Elwood

Posted on 10/19/2020 12:46:29 PM PDT by 11th_VA

A record-breaking surge of mail-voting Democrats in Florida has handed Joe Biden a massive lead over President Donald Trump in his must-win home state.

But here come the Republicans.

The start of in-person voting Monday is expected to trigger a conservative wave that will build over the next two weeks and crest on Election Day. Around two-thirds of participating Florida GOP voters are likely to cast a ballot in person this fall, raising the question of whether Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, will be able to hold off a Trump comeback by the time the polls close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3.

“Our voters have said they would like to vote in person,” said Susie Wiles, the operative leading Trump’s Florida campaign. “And our expectation is that’s what they’ll do, whether it’s early or on Election Day.” As of Sunday, more than 1.2 million Democrats had voted by mail in Florida, compared to 754,000 Republicans. That gives Biden an enormous edge that his supporters have held up as a leading indicator that the former vice president will end Trump’s presidency by taking Florida’s 29 electoral college votes.

But if Florida turnout matches 2016, there are likely still 8 million or so ballots left to be counted over the next 15 days. ...

Fifteen days out from Election Day in 2016, according to his data, there were about 36,000 more Republican super voters than Democratic super voters who had yet to cast ballots. This year, with 15 days to go, there are 471,000 more Republican high-propensity voters than Democrat super voters still to cast ballots.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: election2020; fl; florida; gop
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To: Keyhopper

I have voted every time there has been an election since 1998.

1998 was a bad year for me and I missed a local one.


41 posted on 10/19/2020 1:51:49 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: 11th_VA

Voted this morning in Lee County, in SW Florida. Big lines. Lots of people wore red shirts.


42 posted on 10/19/2020 1:56:27 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Joe Brower

Good means people are voting!


43 posted on 10/19/2020 1:57:02 PM PDT by caww (...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
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To: dp0622

I believe Speedy in Texas said Democrats had to have a 635,000 advantage in mail-in-ballots in Florida for Biden to win Florida. I believe most of the mail-in-ballots have already arrived.


44 posted on 10/19/2020 2:04:15 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: PeteB570

Good for you, keep it up!


45 posted on 10/19/2020 2:10:22 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: ealgeone
"It’s all the post election day “voting” that concerns me!"

Yeah, a simple SQL statement can add as many bogus VOTES to the database records as they want and there are other ways to do it if you have several corrupt and compliant election officials sufficiently paid off.

Anyone here remember that meeting between Hillary 'Killer"Klinton and Donna Brazille in Ft lauderdale, where they went in a private room to discuss 'Making cookies and the grandkids'?

46 posted on 10/19/2020 2:17:36 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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To: Keyhopper

Early Voted today. Took about 15 minutes.


47 posted on 10/19/2020 2:17:58 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: PeteB570

Dropped mine off at the elections office.


48 posted on 10/19/2020 2:29:47 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: 11th_VA

The wife and I early voted today!
We set our alarm clock to be there when it opened


49 posted on 10/19/2020 2:36:08 PM PDT by italianquaker
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To: TheBattman

No, we will dominate in person voting so they can’t catch up. We have out registered them.


50 posted on 10/19/2020 2:48:09 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: pnut22
Panic people. Panic as if your country depends on you, because it does.

Don't panic. Vote. And volunteer your time for GOP campaigns from the top on down.

51 posted on 10/19/2020 2:50:55 PM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: dp0622

Your post sounds like mental masturbation to me.


52 posted on 10/19/2020 2:51:41 PM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
I think North Carolina has been overrun by liberal northerners, more than Florida.

Then why was NC 3.5 points more Republican than FL in 2016? Trump won NC by 3.8 pts, FL by 1.3 pts.

If Trump loses NC, then that means he's also losing VA, NV, NH, MN, WI, MI, PA, ME, CO, and probably AZ & GA. So if you think Trump loses NC, you think Joe Biden will be POTUS.

53 posted on 10/19/2020 2:57:06 PM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: shaven_llama

I’m not so much talking about polling as I am the overall narrative. Example, the “Texas turning purple” meme forces us to play defense, whereas we should be pushing a “California turning purple” narrative—regardless of if it’s going to happen or not, just to force the enemy to expend resources elsewhere. But yes, I vote no matter what, even if it’s a county water bureau election.


54 posted on 10/19/2020 2:57:09 PM PDT by ksm1
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To: ksm1

Do you really believe the Trump campaign expended resources in TX anymore than the Biden campaign did in NY when POTUS declared it was in play?


55 posted on 10/19/2020 3:00:02 PM PDT by Coop (After 14 years, it's time for a new tagline)
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To: 11th_VA

I pray Trump wins bigly!

About an hour ago, I got a Yahoo news alert saying Biden is ahead of Trump in ALL battleground states according to their polling.

Yea, right!!!


56 posted on 10/19/2020 3:00:41 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Coop

No, his post is entirely accurate! Trump will keep every state he won in 2016 and add some more.


57 posted on 10/19/2020 3:02:40 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: Coop

He won’t.


58 posted on 10/19/2020 3:03:17 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: hsmomx3

They were saying the same things right up to the election in 2016.


59 posted on 10/19/2020 3:04:31 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: 11th_VA

Cant wait to early vote tomorrow just outside of Tampa in Hillsborough tomorrow!


60 posted on 10/19/2020 3:06:48 PM PDT by Florida1181
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