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After three days of early voting, Republicans hold edge in Florida
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Oct 22, 2010 05:11pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Steve Bousquet |
| Media | Newspaper - Tampa Bay Times |
| News Date | Friday, October 22, 2010 11:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "Republicans across Florida have mounted an early lead in returning absentee ballots and are showing up in greater numbers than Democrats since early voting began Monday.
The GOP touted the numbers as a sign of impending victory on Nov. 2. Democrats dismissed it as meaningless after just three days of early voting results.
Florida Republicans have long flexed organizational muscle by requesting and returning mail or absentee ballots in greater numbers than Democrats. But the GOP has not outpaced Democrats in early voting in Florida since it began eight years ago.
Early voting began Oct. 18, and ends Oct. 30 in some counties, Oct. 31 in others.
The first three days of early voting, coupled with returned absentee or mail ballots, show Republicans outpacing Democrats by 148,000 voters, according to figures provided by both political parties.
The Democrats noted that Republicans had an almost identical advantage at this point in the last off-year election in 2006, in which Democrats Alex Sink and Bill Nelson won statewide races for chief financial officer and U.S. Senate.
"There's no significance here," Democratic Party spokesman Eric Jotkoff said. "We're three days into early voting and 12 days till the election."
The early GOP advantage includes a lead of 124,444 in returned absentees and 23,668 in early voters, the Republican Party said. Those figures could validate the so-called enthusiasm gap said to favor the GOP this year." |
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