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Counting The Early Votes

October 31st, 2014 by flanews

With only a few days left to vote early, the picture for what will be needed on election day is starting to take shape. Matt Galka shows us the last minute push by both parties to get people out to the polls.

The phone lines are busy sun up to sundown at the Republican Party of Florida headquarters.Volunteers are checking on members of their party to make sure they’re making it to the polls.

“We do have a lead over the democrats in absentee voting which is a really great thing, but the most important thing is getting every single absentee ballot turned in and that’s what all these phone callers are working on,” said RPOF Press Secretary Susan Hepworth.

Nearly 2.6 million Floridians had already voted as of Friday morning. It already surpasses the early voting totals from four years ago.

While Republicans maintain an early voting lead, the margin is much less this time around than it was in 2010.

The GOP had a substantial 12 percentage point lead heading into election day in 2010, but Governor Rick Scott won by about one percent of the vote.  This year, the Democrats are trailing by about 5 percentage points, and they’re optimistic.

“I think there are a lot of moderate Republicans who are frustrated with this Governor, frustrated with this Attorney General, we’re getting a lot of crossover support,” said Democratic Attorney General candidate George Sheldon.

Both parties will continue to spin the numbers their way. The Republicans are hoping that the early Democratic turnout is made up of voters who were going to show up on Tuesday anyway.

Every Florida county will continue early voting through tomorrow, and some counties will have early voting available on Sunday.

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