As early voting gets underway, Republicans across Florida quickly surpass Democratic turnout
Republicans across Florida after the first day of early, in-person voting in many counties entirely surpassed the sizable statewide lead in turnout that Democrats had been building steadily over the past month through mail ballots.
Early voting across much of Florida entered its second day Tuesday, as Republicans already began celebrating their achievement in flipping the turnout margin. Fresh Take Florida, a news service operated by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was tracking county-by-county figures in real time and analyzing them for trends and patterns.
Heading into Monday, Democrats were outperforming Republicans in 66 of Florida’s 67 counties, with...
