FLORIDA: Yesterday was largest turnout of black voters so far (55k);

[sunonmars]

585,000 AA voters have cast votes so far in Florida, up 28% compared to same point in '12

What was that about Black voters not turning out......utter bullcrap.

Latinos up massively, AA's up 30%, this is gonna be a slaughter by the looks of it if Hillary can take a good %age of white voters.

https://twitter.com/jeremybird/status/794233700279955456

[OnDoutside]

1. Please let it be so !!!

[vdogg]

3. I'm happy to hear this

But is there a link? I don't doubt the results but I always like to look at the source.

[sunonmars]

5. https://twitter.com/jeremybird/status/794233700279955456

[vdogg]

7. Thanks.

[Cha]

8. It's better to put the link in the Message text so it can be linked.

[lillypaddle]

4. K&R

I hope it's true, I hope it holds. C'mon Nov. 8th, get your ass over here!!

[anamandujano]

13. You speak for me!

[lillypaddle]

14. ...

[Cha]

6. K&R, TY sunonmars!

[kennetha]

9. K&R

Many pubic polls have "likely voter screens" that screen off far more voters in various demographics than common sense and history would say they should.

Rather than correcting their screens or weighting them, they go with what they've got. There is some rationality behind that decision. But they risk the possibility of being radically wrong about the composition of the actual electorate.

You hardly ever hear the media discussing this fact. They are so focused on the bottom line numbers, especially when they feed into a convenient narrative about the state of the "horse race,' that they wouldn't think of doing so.

The horse race sells. It drives impressions. It ups anxiety and interest. And we know what especially broadcast and cable news is all about. The almighty dollar.

[StevieM]

10. I could be wrong but I believe that it was in Ohio where they were saying that the Black vote

was down from 2012.

I think Ohio was won until Comey and Chaffetz pulled their little stunt.

I still think we will win Florida, as well as North Carolina.

[Cosmocat]

16. CNN and MSNBC are both banging the drum about it in Florida

nm

[triron]

18. Yeah

noticed that as well. Glad to hear otherwise!

[4lbs]

17. They the M$M said that Hillary has a "black problem" because the black vote in Ohio and NC are down

from 2012 levels so far.

However, then people like Rachel and Lawrence O'Donnell said that now that early polling places are opening up in NC, that 'gap' is closing fast in NC.

[Ace Rothstein]

11. I saw that the share of the white vote went from 71% to 69% due to the last few days of voting.

This is in comparison to 2012 at 67%. 26% of the Latino voters are first time voters compared to 13% of white and black voters.

[Tom Rivers]

12. makes sense to me

Black people are becoming galvanized by stunts like the FBI has tried to pull and wikileaks and Russian involvement. I listened to Bill Maher's stand up routine last night and what he said about the republicans always pulling Hillary over and then having to admit they got nothing and having to let her go, that really is what this seems like and that resonates with us. This is a witch hunt and wild goose chase and it has got to stop.

Trump's rhetoric about how he would treat minorities if elected and how "certain areas" need to be watched on election day also infuriates us. Maybe the enthusiasm isn't the same as it was for President Obama, but I know Hillary will be a great president for all people and continue to build on his legacy. Trump wants to take us back and we have no time for that. America is already great and Hillary will make it even greater with our help.

[bigbrother05]

41. Trump wants to take us back, Hillary wants to carry us forward

it's that simple and applies to the GOP vs. Dems as well

[Matthew Rose]

15. Just the opposite of what Politico wrote 2 days ago

"Weak early voter turnout among African-Americans hurts Clinton in Florida"

[Stevepol]

32. Is this what you're talking about?

http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2016/10/clinton-campaign-struggles-in-getting-african-americans-to-early-voting-polls-106931

The articlde has quite a lot of good new for HRC as well in FL and other states.

[leftynyc]

19. Has anybody else noticed

that the media is only talking about the black vote? How it's down for Hillary versus 2012 for Pres Obama? NOTHING about the massive turnout for the Hispanic vote. NOTHING.

[4lbs]

20. Let me see here...

The early Latino vote in Florida is up by at least 25%.

The early AA vote in Florida is up by almost 30%.

Both demographics, Hillary has a 35 to 60 point lead over orange face.

An exit poll of early voters shows that Hillary got about 28% of GOP voters.

The early vote in Florida is higher than in 2012.


But, because a few polls show a close race in Florida, that means Hillary is in trouble according to the M$M?


Let me get my hip waders on, because I smell a lot of bullshit from the M$M.

[Thrill]

21. Those PBO radio interviews are working

[ffr]

22. Millennials, get in that mix!

Early voting rocks! Any democrat waiting to vote on election day, while I admire the tradition in it, is freakin crazy!

Love! Love! Love this news!

[rtracey]

42. my state

I believe my state early voting is closed...MD....actually closes today....but working late so cant get there, but on tuesday the 8th just wait.......

[Dopers_Greed]

23. Hopefully...

These early numbers will be enough to leave Groper behind in the Cheeto dust.

[Charles Bukowski]

24. Clinton is destined to overperform the polls

in Florida.

[titaniumsalute]

25. Can I ask a dumb question

How do we know of a voter is AA or Hispanic?

[Ligyron]

29. You have to ask them in Espanol?

[Wounded Bear]

27. Maybe they couldn't get away from their jobs...

you know, all those ObamaJobs that Trump says don't exist.

[GatorDem82]

28. The media is so awful...

I'm still trying to wrap my head around just how blatantly awful the media is right now.

[calimary]

34. Welcome to DU, GatorDem82!

I too am so frustrated by this. And I used to do that for a living! I'm freakin' ASHAMED!

Desperately seeking bigger ratings, is all they're in it for, these days. They just want the fucking horse-race. Facts are mere inconveniences and get in the way. Facts are hard work, and many of these kiddies on the air now just want to get their makeup and their lighting and their seat on the panel so they can do their blah-blah-blah. NOBODY's interested in doing the drudgery and time-consuming, painstaking scut work that people like David Fahrenthold at the Washington Post is doing. Or like Woodward and Bernstein did. Or like Kurt Eichenwald is doing at Newsweek - slow digging. Phone calls, internet searches, scouring for sources, and more slow painstaking digging.

I can't even watch Steve Kornacki anymore. His frantic, breathless let's-count-the-electoral-votes maps make me crazy! Sure wish he would switch to decaf...

I was blessed with low blood pressure. I want to keep it that way! I've actually shifted over to watching the Weather Channel at the moment!

[Chicago1980]

31. I think it's NC where the African-American turn out has been lower.

[DallasNE]

36. A Firm Called People That Had Already Voted In Florida

Akin to an exit poll, and found an unusually large percentage of Republicans voted Clinton rather than Trump, especially with Cubans splitting their ballots. The defections on the Democratic side were much smaller, according to this report. How reliable is it? We will know next Tuesday.

[Coolest Ranger]

37. People keep in mind we

usually wait until the weekend before to hit the polls. I'm happy to report my Aunt voted today. I saw the I voted sticker on and she voted for Hillary Clinton.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

40. Spread the word SATURDAY is the last day of early voting in Florida !!