Posted on 10/27/2020 7:12:26 PM PDT by 11th_VA
President Trump is leading for the first time in Florida polling, according to Real Clear Politics on Tuesday, even as Democrats lead in early voting.
According to the website’s average of polls, the president holds a slim 0.4 percent lead over Democratic nominee Joe Biden heading into next week’s election.
Nearly 2.7 million Democrats have already voted in the Sunshine State, just narrowly beating the nearly 2.4 million early voting Republicans.
Almost 1.3 million Floridians have submitted their vote without an affiliated party.
Florida has historically been a highly contested swing state with 29 Electoral College votes up for grabs. Only twice has a Democratic candidate won the presidency without winning Florida since 1860: John Kennedy in 1960 and Bill Clinton in 1992...
Although Hillary Clinton lost Florida to Trump in the end, she maintained a lead in the polls by 2.3 percent one week out from the election in 2016.
Clinton and Trump went back and forth in the polls during the previous six months, but Biden has held a consistent lead of at least one point until Tuesday....
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In real numbers, Ds are losing FL & NC.
FL about 5,000 an hour added to R lead in IPEV. They will catch Ds on Friday.
They need to hit a certain EV number to hope to beat back the election day GOP voters. They are well under that number.
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I was pretty happy about Trump in Florida, until I read RCP was leaning towards Trump.
Being as RCP is a 180-degree indicator, this is NOT GOOD FOR OUR SIDE.
I’m hoping that Biden voters suffer the same torpor when coming to the polls as they do for attending his “rallies”.
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