4.8 MILLION early ballots cast in FL as of this a.m. and Ds have gained ground on Rs massively

[sunonmars]

4.8 MILLION early ballots cast in FL as of this a.m. and Ds are gaining ground on Rs, as the total # of in-person early votes now exceeds absentee ballots cast.

With Souls to the Polls, Ds could catch Rs today

R ballots: 1.96m, 40.8%
D: 1.94, 40.2%
GOP lead: 0.6 pts (28,036)

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AND THAT LEAVES NEARLY 900K WORTH OF INDY BALLOTS.......

[nycbos]

1. How do you think the indy vote will break.

[Cicada]

10. Earlier in Florida it was 55 d 33 r among independents

Apparently undecided among independents are generally coming home to republicans .

[bearsfootball516]

2. As you mentioned, this isn't even considering the indys, which are breaking hard Democratic.

And the Republican defectors who are voting for Gillum.

[sunonmars]

3. I've seen a massive number of Fl. Gop voting straight Dem this year.

[lpbk2713]

4. And there are many (R)s who are ashamed of their party.

Many registered (R)s will cross over and vote Dem out of disgust.

[Demovictory9]

5. awesome

[FloridaBlues]

6. In Florida really hard to know how indes will vote. They cant be taken for granted they vote Dem

Gov Scott 2 terms by less than 80,000. Indes didn't vote overwhelmingly for dems.
I hope they do help us carry dems this time.

[Awsi Dooger]

8. Scott won twice in heavily red years

Either time he would have lost decisively in a balanced year.

However, he used the tragedies like Pulse and the hurricanes to dramatically boost his approval rating. That's why he is viable even in a pro-blue cycle like 2018.

I am confident we'll win independents, but not double digits like in other states.

I think the reports of Republicans defecting are anecdotal want-to-believe nonsense and will not hold up at all in exit polls. IMO, that will be one of the main story lines coming out of this midterm, that Republicans were incredibly loyal to their candidates despite conventional wisdom the other way.

Bottom line, adjustments do not work. We can't pretend Republicans will vote for our candidates.

[edhopper]

7. If they pass the Felon Voting proposition

Florida turns blue with a million new voters.

[beachbum bob]

9. The NPA could break huge for democrats..just saying, first time voters

and those who never voted in a primary.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

11. Parkland, Red Tide,Climate Change, Immigration

We have many reasons to vote Blue.
Plus there are voters that just like to be on the winning side. We have Gillmentum.

[FakeNoose]

12. Good luck to Florida Democrats - you've all worked very hard for this

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Doesn't Florida have any independents registered?