In the states of FL GA & Pennsylvania =showing more Republican turnout than Democrats. Other

[riversedge]

battleground states show more Democrats showing up at early voting. per msnbc

[apcalc]

1. Wonder why PA is included there. Absentee ballots? There is no 'early voting'.

[RandySF]

2. Mostly vote by mail

Republicans typically do better with absentee vote by mail, although we caught up with them in Florida.

[Sancho]

24. You are correct...I voted in FL by mail...

many GOP neighbors and seniors vote by mail. I'm still optimistic that Florida will be blue!

[RandySF]

25. I'm certain of it.

[RBInMaine]

3. Are you confused? PA doesn't have early voting. With regard to FL,

they are probably citing mail-in ballots where R's ALWAYS have done more but this year the D's virtually closed that gap with the R's only a tiny bit ahead. Now it is in-person early voting and Dem early in-person voting is very high. Record Hispanic turnout.
Not sure about GA.

[lillypaddle]

4. FWIW and I'm not sure it is apropos

Kentucky doesn't have "early voting," however, they allow voting by absentee ballot under certain circumstances, which I did. And I sent my ballot in early - like two weeks or so ago.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

5. Florida early voting starts October 29th for me, but earlier in other places

I had to go back and edit this because I was wrong on the early voting date. It starts in 4 days, which is when I'm going to vote.
Whoops!

(Edited again because other areas are voting now.)

[titaniumsalute]

7. No it started yesterday...October 24th in Florida.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

12. I can't vote early until the 29th where I am

I had thought it started yesterday and went to look up the times for my county and it's not until Saturday the 29th for me. I'm in Pasco County.

[titaniumsalute]

14. Well that is weird...I guess it is different by county

I was referring to Palm Beach Co.

[NWCorona]

16. That is odd. This website shows almost 300k early votes as of this morning

https://countyballotfiles.elections.myflorida.com/FVRSCountyBallotReports/AbsenteeEarlyVotingReports/PublicStats

[LisaL]

17. Poster is correct.

Per board of election link, Pasco starts voting on Oct 29th.
http://www.pascovotes.com/Early-Voting/Early-Voting-Schedule

[NWCorona]

18. Thanks for the info!

[Sunsky]

9. Fl early voting

started yesterday Oct 24th. Lines were long where I live in broward county. Many women brought their kids and were very enthusiastically voting for Hillary. Met some wonderful people while waiting in line. Took me a little over an hour to get to vote.
Trump only has a few thousand more mail in ballot so far than Hillary. Republicans normally dominate vote by mail. However, I believe she will more than make up for that deficit with early in person voting.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

13. Some areas you can't vote early yet, as is the case with me

I was going to vote today but they are not open until Saturday here.

[Sunsky]

20. Ok I never knew that

Thought it was statewide.

[Sancho]

6. I've already voted by mail....

but there's a real effort here in FL to prevent registration.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

8. Doesn't mean that people are voting republican

my husband is a registered republican but always votes democratic. He returned his absentee ballot so I would guess that's considered a republican ballot, but it's not.

[JCMach1]

10. Also comparisons to 2012 are the key

Each state is different

[LisaL]

11. PA doesn't have early voting.

So how the state of PA can show more Republican turnout? Unless somebody can see into the future.

[napi21]

27. Could it be absentee votes? nt

[LisaL]

28. PA doesn't have "no excuse" absentee voting either.

A voter has to have a reason.

[Trenzalore]

29. Don't know where they are getting that number

Absentee Ballot requires you to be physically absent from your voting district on election day. I imagine the percentage of ballots that are absentee in PA is relatively small. Being a poll observer in past elections I'd estimate less than 5% of the total votes.

[stevenleser]

15. Link? FL reports I've seen elsewhere say the opposite and PA doesnt have early voting. nt

[SaschaHM]

21. Most things I've read, pollsters on twitter& people that now the state, say that FL is big trouble..

for the repubs. Their small lead is due to mail-in ballots and Dems should/will overtake that before the end of early voting. Their margin at this time in 2008/2012 was much larger and they still lost.

[Roland99]

22. My area in central FL certainly leans Rep / Libertarian

Either the less educated / rural type or those that think they're rich because their house cost $400k.

But. Did my part!

[triron]

23. In 2012 only 5%

of vote in Pennsylvania was by absentee (which is the only early vote there is).
Probably a lot of military and older folks in that total.

[tonyt53]

26. In FL, GA, and PA. Republicans are starting to panic. That is all this means.