This student-led PAC’s voter-mobilization effort in SD 3 is reporting some eye-catching numbers
Florida Future Leaders, a student-led PAC that launched this year to mobilize voters in key state legislative districts, has been working for months to flip the seat representing Senate District 3 blue.
On the eve of Election Day, after crossing the $1 million mark in fundraising, it’s reporting some striking numbers.
Citing data from the Democrat-run NGP VAN database, the group reports that Democratic turnout among voters aged 18-23 is nearly 6 percentage points higher in SD 3 than statewide (48.1% to 42.4%).
The divide is even wider among independents. Voters aged 18-23 in SD 3 without party affiliation are turning out at a rate 7 points higher than their statewide counterparts (37.3% to 3...