Early Voting and Absentee Figures Released For Some Florida Counties (Partisan Breakdown)

[tritsofme]

Broward:
Early voting by party -- 45,638 Democrats and 18,735 Republicans & 13,414 other. TOTAL: 77,787.


Absentee ballots (thru Thursday, Nov. 2 only) 13, 584 Democrats, 13,746 Republicans & 3,128 other. TOTAL: 30,458

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Miami-Dade

Early voting by party -- 32,094 Democrats, 23,547 Republicans & 10,538 other. TOTAL: 66,179.


Absentees: 17,390 Democrats, 36,248 Republicans; & 7,191 other. TOTAL: 60,829.

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Palm Beach County


Total votes available as of 9 a.m. Monday were 59, 727 votes in early voting and 50, 579 absentees ballots cast. No breakdown was immediately available.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-116earlyvotingabsentee,0,3592408.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Can some Florida DUers break down what exactly these numbers mean?

[rzemanfl]

1. If the "other" (independents) are breaking Dem, as I suspect, this

is good news. Huge number of Repuke absentees in Miami-Dade.

[Demeter]

2. How Can They Release This Information?

That has GOT to be violation of election code.

[tritsofme]

3. I've never seen anything like this before.

Its very odd to say the least.

[flyarm]

4. means to me for all their bullshit ,.rethugs don't trust the damn machines...

the rethugs are voting heavy absentee..

[Toots]

8. Except they have been doing that for a decade or more

The Republican Party sends out Absentee ballots to all Party members in states where it is allowed. It is one of their GOTV secrets...

[Subdivisions]

5. If these figures are correct, then it demonstrates an anamoly

in the absentee vote. Why are Dems smashing them in early voting but winning the absentee votes?

[tritsofme]

6. Maybe the Dem GOTV machine has been emphasizing

early voting over absentee?

[democrat in Tallahassee]

7. It's not who you voted for; just your party affiliation. I voted early

registered as a dem and it showed up as dem on the records; but I actually voted for Katherine Harrison and Charlie Crist. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! but I could have and it would still show DEM on the record.

[tritsofme]

9. kick

to get some more perspective on what these numbers might say