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No Republicans outside of any of the five early polling places, no drivers set up to take voters to the polling places, not many poll workers at the polling places to assist voters who have questions. The racial divide awe astounding, a bunck of old and late middle aged pollwatchers sitting on chairs grumbling to themselves. They werebitching about the democrats who were driving all of the vans deleivering peple to the polling places, bitcvhing about the democrats with signs and buttons and informations fifty feet outside of the polling places, bitchiing about the poll workers assisting democrats who were confused about the various amendments and the forms themselves. The only things that have happend was that the Repukes were trying to prevent the drivers from delivering voters, and getting told that they could not stop that, trying to get the democrats outside the polling places removed from the fromt of the buildings, and even mesuring the distance they were stading from the building, and then being told by the democrat attorneys that is was perfectly legal, then calling their own attorneys that it was perfectly legal , and then grumbling more, and then trying to prevent democratic poll workers from helping voters who were having problems viting to vote, and then grumbling more when they could not prevent the democratic poll workers from xplaining the various stuff on the ballots, anf\d helping them vote. Even helping voters who did not understand something, initially voting the wronfg way, explaining each item and then helping them vote, and makking sure that the optical scanners actiall;y DID register their votes, so there will be very little votes from people who voted FOR somethiing they actually opposed because of the wording. Every attempt to intimidate voters is being blocked before they can accomplish it. Yse, I think we have not even seen the democratic advantage peak yet at this point.
In a review of voting in 8 of the heaviest Republican Counties, as of today, the results we are getting show that so far Democrats are coming out in percentages that exceed the actual percentages of regitered voters in those counties so far, whole Republicans are coming out in percentages much less than the percentages of their registered voters. In all eight counties, the percentage of registered Democrats runs between a little above 30 percent to a little below 32 percent, yet the Democratic portion of the early vote in those areas is running anywhere from 40 to 44 percent of the total of all the early votein in those heavily Republican counties. So far, every day, the pattern of Democrats voting more than Republicans is staying solid. There are about 360,000 more Democrats in FLorida than Republicans. With the figures running as they are running, it appears that a larger percentage of the total of registered Democrats are voting than the total percentage of Registered Democrats,So right now it appears that we will get more registered Democrats voting out of their total numbers than registeredRepublicans. More than that, the number of voters coming out to vote eatly seems to be twice that of the early vote in 2000.
Everything so far indicates that democrats have done a far better job convincing members of their party to not stay home but to get out and vote. From what i see so far, I beleieve that a much larger percentage of registeredDemocrats will come out and vote than Republicans. It l;ooks likevwe will see far less voter apathy overall, and this year may make the record for the percentages of voters voting this year, rather than choosing not to vote. It also looks like Democrats are doing much better. The numbers do not seem to be lagging. I really anticipate that democrats will come out in larger numbers than Republicans and I also think that this will be even more true on election day. In Florida every vote counts, and this year they will al be counted.I think the trend will hold
The figures around the country indicate that Flirida is no exception and that almost twice the percentage of voters are coming out early to vote this year than they did in 2000 and 2002.
Lets put it this way, the Democratic advantage in the early voting is so noticeable that Limbaugh is claiming that on election day, Republicans will be out in force and reverse this trend. But REpublicans have also been telling their voters to get out and vote early.Eityher theyare not listening to their party leadership, or they are not voting. Again every day, the percentages remain firm with roughly 25 percent more democrats showing up votingearly than Republicans, in counties where Republicans have an almost two to one advantage.
Yes, I think that the situation will not reverese and I belive we will hod that advantage. If only 50 percent of Demcrats and 50 percent of Republicans turn out, and the percentage of cross party voters remain the same as polls indicate, we will still have over 100,000 more voters in Florida voting Democrat than Republican. Indications are that in both parties, the percentage of registered voters who come out this year will be the highest in decades. But since every day so far, since the early voting started, the trend of Democrats coming out in higher numbers than usual is holding at about the same percentage, while Republicans are not coming out in has high numbers as the registered number of Republicans would indicate. They are coming out in the early vote in lower percentages than they have in the past. They may come out in big numbers on election day, but since Democrats have come out in higher numbers early, and there is every indication that this will continue on election day, there is every indication that Democrats will come out in higher numbers overall than Republicans have.
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