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Florida SOS post yesterday's "Mail-In" ballot activity...GOP now leads Dems by 43,687 votes!!!

Posted on 10/18/2018 4:48:17 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX

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To: Hojczyk

LOOKING GOOD BUT DON’T RELAX TOO MUCH.....GET OUT AND VOTER EARLY AND OFTEN....KEEP OUR COUNTRY IN MIND.


21 posted on 10/18/2018 5:58:30 AM PDT by mastertex
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To: Hojczyk

You folks are going to be surprized at the voter turnout in the Panhandle of Florida. Why? Because Governor, Rick Scott, Ex-congressman, Ron DeSantis and our great POTUS, Trump and all the support folks from local, county, state & Federal Government have pitched in along with the power company folks to get things back to normal as safely and quickly as possible.

As for low life, Democrat for Governor, Andrew Gillum...he has done zilch, Nothing, Zippo,...a true “zero” from head to toe!!!


22 posted on 10/18/2018 6:03:20 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: rarestia

“We have to be very careful about telegraphing our victory.”

Cruz is doing just that in Tx. Make them blow big money. Now if Beto were smart enough to have moved just 10 miles north to NM he’d get that stepping stone/jump board in the Senate.


23 posted on 10/18/2018 6:03:32 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
My wife and just mailed in our ballots today Add 2 more to the Republican numbers The amendments are confusing but had good info from another Florida poster
24 posted on 10/18/2018 6:06:20 AM PDT by small business owner
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
Too many no party affiliation vote.

Beware....

25 posted on 10/18/2018 6:12:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Comparing VBM ballots returned to the 2014 VBM turnout. Focusing on the larger counties. This assumes all counties sent out ballots at the same time which is probably NOT correct, but I am not going to try to figure out the day each county mailed their ballots out.

Blue counties - Alachua (27%), Broward (35%), Leon (19% - impacted by hurricane), Miami-Dade (22%), Orange (32%), Osceola (51%), Palm Beach (21%)

Red counties - Brevard (28%), Charlotte (49%), Collier (61%), Duval (17%), Escambia (41%), Hernando (61%), Lee (56%), Manatee (41%), Pasco (57%), Polk (30%), Volusia (50%)

Besides Duval we are doing pretty well in returns compared to 2014.


26 posted on 10/18/2018 6:23:53 AM PDT by Methos8
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To: Hojczyk
The Storm moved fast thru Bay and counties north .
The storm did not impact the entire panhandle .
The west areas of PCB , Destin , Fort Walton Beach .....are up and back to normal.
Scott has been terrific in getting power and cell service back quicker than you think .
27 posted on 10/18/2018 6:23:57 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves)
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To: Ravi

Are you seeing a bump in R requested ballots? In terms of total requested ballots I am seeing Republicans net -69,807 ballots but I think that number was over -100k earlier this week.


28 posted on 10/18/2018 7:00:27 AM PDT by Methos8
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Republican “Mail-In’ votes lead over Democrats increases to 44,000 votes, are posted by FDE at 10:00 am this morning.

Republicans get those “Mail In’ Votes in the mail today...do it...mail in every single “Mail-In” vote as you vote 100% GOP!!! Do, it, Do it, Do,it....like right now....TODAY.!!!


29 posted on 10/18/2018 7:32:13 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX
The Dems have requested over 100,000 more mail in votes than the Reps that have not been returned.

In Broward County, the Dems have 57,293 that have not been returned compared to 20,945 for the Reps. In terms of votes received, the Dems have 56,156 to the Reps 23,256.

In Miami-Dade the Dems have 74,617 that have not been returned compared to 40,552 for the Reps. In terms of votes received, the Dems have 55,253 to the Reps 53,310.

At the end, I expect the Dems to have a lead in mail-in votes and early voting. Historically, that has been the case. The Reps, according to LS, are running ahead of the 2016 and 2014 numbers and the Dems are lagging. That's a good thing, but until we see the final numbers, especially from Broward and Miami-Dade, it is a little early to be spiking the football. And early voting has not begun.

As long as the Reps are in shouting distance on election day, we have a good shot at winning the Senate seat and the governor's race. The wild card could be black turnout given that a black is running for Governor. He could spark a large black turnout that could impact the ticket further down. On the other hand, he may scare many independents and moderate Dems who will vote against him. FL is a true battleground state.

30 posted on 10/18/2018 8:18:25 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Sacajaweau

The independent vote in Florida are heavily weighted with disenfranchised Tea Party voters and those who were tired of the Jeb Bush GOP crowd. They will swing hard to the right when their numbers are counted.


31 posted on 10/18/2018 8:19:06 AM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Sacajaweau

The independent vote in Florida is heavily weighted with disenfranchised Tea Party voters and those who were tired of the Jeb Bush GOP crowd. They will swing hard to the right when their numbers are counted.


32 posted on 10/18/2018 8:19:47 AM PDT by blackberry1
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To: kabar

FYI .. be careful, as a lot of the numbers you are citing are from the completed 2018 primary.

To your point there are a lot of potential votes for the Democrats in Broward and Miami-Dade, but so far they are really under-performing in terms of RETURNED ballots so far. Obviously that could change.


33 posted on 10/18/2018 9:02:26 AM PDT by Methos8
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Thank you! And please spread this around:

Next Governor gets to immediately appoint 3 Supreme Court Justices. is in Soros pocket. That means

IF GILLUM WINS, GEORGE SOROS WILL APPOINT THREE NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES!!!

Bye bye guns.


34 posted on 10/18/2018 9:10:08 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Benedict Sessions.)
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To: Methos8

What numbers am I citing from the 2018 primary?


35 posted on 10/18/2018 9:15:12 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Methos8
I see now. You are correct. I was using the primary totals. The numbers of ballots not received in Broward and Miami-Dade for the General are actually much higher and the difference favors the Dems even more.

In Broward there are 118,519 Dem ballots not received compared to 42,240 Reps. Votes received are 22,749 Dem and 12,400 Rep. It makes my point that until we see more of Broward and Miami-Dade, it is a little early to draw conclusions. My point is that the Dems usually win the mail-in/early vote total. This normally comprises 60% of the vote. If the difference remains relatively small for the Dems, then we should make that up on election day.

36 posted on 10/18/2018 9:31:54 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Methos8

Yes we are gaining about 3 thousand daily. Soon REQUESTS will pass 2016 Requests I believe. We will see. How does this affect overall turnout?


37 posted on 10/18/2018 9:46:45 AM PDT by Ravi (https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2014/general/absenteestats.pdf)
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To: Ravi

Not sure. If you are not aware, in FL it appears that if you request a VBM ballot, that request is good for the current and next election cycle. So anyone who wanted an absentee ballot in 2016 (with its higher turnout) will generally get an absentee ballot mailed to them for 2018.

So in requested terms that’s why you may not see a big drop-off.


38 posted on 10/18/2018 10:38:51 AM PDT by Methos8
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To: Methos8

Okay that makes sense.


39 posted on 10/18/2018 10:58:41 AM PDT by Ravi (https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2014/general/absenteestats.pdf)
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To: Ravi
I'm "projecting" around 50,000-80,000 Republican advantage in the VBM based on a few data points. I use that in quotes as I am just a dude with access to the same public information as you all.

Method 1:

I am taking the R%/D% of the 2018 VBM that has been returned so far, and applying those percentages to both the 2014 and 2016 total VBM turnout. This makes a few key assumptions, none of which will probably be true, but again based on the data available. First, it assumes the R%/D% split that has come in so far in each county will continue. Second, this does not attempt to guess or project the actual turnout in each county and assumes it will be equal to either 2014 or 2016. Third, it does not compensate for the hurricane. For example, Bay county delivered a 5,200 Republican advantage in 2016. So far they are only reporting 256 total returned ballots.

If you extrapolate the 2018 R%/D% split up to the 1.88m VBM turnout in 2014, Republicans will have an advantage of around 75,000. If you do that up to the 2.73m VBM turnout in 2016, Republicans will have an advantage of about 87,000.

Let's just split the difference: R +80k in 2018

I have this in a Google doc I'll share later.

Method 2:

2014 - Republicans requested 1,063k ballots and returned 833k of them or 78%. Democrats requested 1,005k and returned 706k or 70%. R +128k in 2014

2016 - Republicans requested 1,309k ballots and returned 1,108k of them or 85%. Democrats requested 1,315 ballots and returned 1,050k or 80%. R +58k in 2016

2018 - Republicans have requested 1,227k ballots. Democrats have requested 1,296k ballots. I assumed 80% return rate for the Republicans and 72% for the Democrats, both up 2% from 2014 given higher usage of VBM in general. R +49k in 2018

I'd be really interested in monitoring NEW requested ballots at this stage, as anyone requesting a ballot to vote in a mid-term election (as opposed to simply having your VBM request in 2016 carry-over to 2018) is extremely likely to vote.
40 posted on 10/18/2018 12:15:48 PM PDT by Methos8
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