Florida's Democratic voters outnumbering GOP voters in submitting mail-in ballots
In the race to return mail-in ballots, Democratic voters have surpassed Republican voters, according to the latest data released by the state elections office.
The data shows that 210,734 Democratic voters submitted mail-in ballots compared to 210,707 Republican voters.
Although it's only a 27-ballot gap between the two groups of voters, Democrats have historically lagged far behind Republicans when it comes to absentee ballots. Democrats typically fare better with early in-person voting, which begins next Monday, while Republicans generally have stronger turnout on Election Day.
A total of 77,289 voters registered as No Party Affiliation and 14,359 voters of other parties have also sent in ballots through the mail, according to state officials.
In all, 513,089 voters in Florida have submitted mail-in ballots, or about 21 percent of the nearly 3 million who applied to vote through the mail.
http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/10/republicans-slightly-outpacing-democrats-in-vote-by-mail-requests-106462#ixzz4NOfa10Ez
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