In the first two days of in-person early voting, Florida Democrats wiped away a lead that Florida Republicans had run up thanks to the GOP’s strong absentee-ballot program. In all, about 1.9 million ballots have been cast.

As of this morning, Democrats cast a total of 73,000 more early in person ballots than Republicans, who had cast about 63,000 more absentee ballots, typically cast by mail. So it looks like a 10,000-vote edge for Democrats.

But it’s probably smaller than that.

The Monday absentee ballot numbers aren’t really updated because no mail is delivered Sunday. By averaging the daily percentage increases of the GOP absentee-vote lead, the total Democratic advantage could be as low as 2,000. Of course, it could be higher. This is just a projection.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/10/fl-dems-beat-gop-by-73000-early-votes-by-monday-wipes-out-gop-absentee-vote-lead-but.html#storylink=cpy

 

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FL Dems beat GOP by 73,000 early votes by Monday, wipes out GOP absentee-vote lead. But….
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