[Rumierules]

More than 6% Democrats have vote than Republicans in Florida.

Unfortunately, this does not help the argument that the polls have been overweighting their samples with too many Dems.

[GoCards]

Thought I heard Rush today say just the opposite???

[Thane_Banquo]

Democratic early voters made Kerry look like he was ahead in FL as well. Difference between Dem voters and GOP voters? We aren’t on welfare, so we can’t rush out to the polls whenever we want.

[Crawdad]

More than 6% Democrats have vote than Republicans in Florida.

I'm sure every one of those dems voted Obama.

Geez. /sarc

[nmh]

I had to list it:

3-million people have voted (2,982,896).

Of the 1,302,982 absentee ballots cast,

Democrats cast 35.64 percent,
Republicans cast 49.41 percent, and
others cast 14.95 percent.

Of the 1,679,914 early votes,

Democrats cast 53.22 percent;
Republicans, 30.32 percent; and
other, 16.46 percent.

[LS]

First, all Dems don't vote Obama: exit polls (of small samples) showed McCain with a 4 point lead in this early voting.

Second, early voting in 2004 had Kerry winning. Not sure this is good news at all for Obama---to be losing in a state that Kerry was already winning.

[kingattax]

.."This St.Pete Times is such a rag !"

[Onerom99]

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=488

Among the 16 percent of Florida voters who say they already have cast ballots, Kerry is ahead 56 - 39 percent

[olrtex]

Just Go Vote, Please.

If you have a relative who sometimes does not vote, and if the relative supports McCain (no matter how weakly), take that relative to the polls with you.

[surely_you_jest]

Saw a longer version of this in the St Pete Times this AM. These figures are for the Tampa Bay area only. And these numbers are a bit skewed because Hillsborough County (Tampa) is heavily Democrat.

For Florida as a whole, something on the order of 25 or 30% of all registered voters have either voted early, or cast an absentee ballot. If memory serves, the splits by party of votes cast were roughly equivalent, with the Dems having a few more.

[NavyCanDo]

Since the morning McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate - This original “Reagan Democrat” has felt something that I have not felt since 1980. That feeling is still there and just as strong. Have faith my friends. We did it then, and we did not have talk radio to help us along. We will do it again.

[Maelstorm]

Black voters are voting early. Also many Democrats in Florida are Republican voters and I have no doubt McCain is picking up more than 6% of them. The question is how many Republicans Obama will pick up. I am certain McCain will pick up more Democrats in Florida than Obama will pick up Republicans.