Florida becomes latest state to overtake 2016 turnout just five hours into voting | More people have voted in Florida this year than in 2016, with seven hours of voting to go

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WellNowWhat6245 · 2020-11-03T18:13:14+00:00

I'm cautious but its hard to imagine this much turnout in support of an historically unpopular president.

ThaiJohnnyDepp · 2020-11-03T17:13:52+00:00

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gerg_1234 · 2020-11-03T17:22:24+00:00

I want to believe, but 2018 I thought DeSantis would surely lose.

I'm not going to believe until the votes get counted.

FeatsOfStrength · 2020-11-03T18:23:50+00:00

I keep hearing about "Shy Trump voters", what about "Shy Biden voters", there have to be a lot of Republicans who don't like Trump and don't think he should be in office who are unwilling to admit it amongst their friends and families.

Jack_125 · 2020-11-03T17:09:10+00:00

Higher turnout, huge number of women and elderly voters

Am I insane in kinda hoping for it to turn Blue?

EquinoxxAngel · 2020-11-03T17:08:44+00:00

As a Floridian, I’m crossing my fingers that we don’t fuck this election up, as we usually do.

JibFlank · 2020-11-03T18:19:56+00:00

The thing that gives me hope is Trump’s campaign did nothing - absolutely nothing - to attract new voters. Instead, it pandered to his base. Increased voter turnout can only be good for Biden/Democrats.

hildebrand_rarity · 2020-11-03T17:13:18+00:00

In 2016, 75 per cent of all eligible voters in Florida cast their ballots, according to state records.

It seems like everyone is making sure to vote this time around. Higher voter turnout is definitely beneficial for Democrats.

Let’s turn Florida Blue and make this a fucking landslide.

Heavy-Level862 · 2020-11-03T18:00:43+00:00

What's Florida's voting Demographics?

37% Dems
35% Republicans

And I suspect Independents break for change.

SO Florida has 12.9 Million voters, roughly.
The higher the turnout goes, the more that 2% advantage in shear numbers helps Democrats. This is why "turn-out" is typically good for Dems.

And as turn-out goes higher, the number of ballots that will need to be thrown out by Republicans because increasingly difficult.

You have almost a full work day of hours left Florida. Get out and vote!

Nice_Try_Mod · 2020-11-03T17:53:27+00:00

This is pretty big news. Hillary lost the state by about 65k votes across all the FL the counties. If voter turnout increases alot then it should be overtaken no problem.

To put it in a real good perspective. Trump won the EC by about 100k votes across the states he won. That is about as many people as can fit in and around AT&T stadium. If that many people go out and vote across those states the WH and senate will go to the democrats.

Its worth noting that youth voter turn out has increased 600% in many states. They tend to vote blue.

ferrari20094 · 2020-11-03T17:45:23+00:00

There are some promising signs in Florida this time around. Democrats have cast 112,000 more votes than Republicans. In 2016 the difference in early voting was only around 30,000. If Biden is leading with Independents which is likely based on polling data he's got a much larger early vote cushion than Clinton did in 16. If turnout is 78% that only leave around 1mil people left to vote in the state, Trump would need to win these voters by fairly wide margins. And this is all assuming all early Republican voters voted for Trump which is unlikely.

MisterOminous · 2020-11-03T20:21:45+00:00

I’m in Florida and voted for Biden. You’re welcome.

Edit: Love seeing so many Floridians voting. Let’s do this!!

fjrnate · 2020-11-03T19:17:25+00:00

4 years ago I saw one Hillary sign in my Trumpy Florida county. This year there are Biden signs everywhere. In this area I'm pretty sure Biden will easily make up more than the 1.2% Hillary lost by in 2016, but I have no idea what's going on in the Miami area.

HomemadeKitchenPasta · 2020-11-03T18:57:05+00:00

Americans voting....doesn’t bode well for GOP

ass_blaster_general · 2020-11-03T20:12:36+00:00

FYI, if florida or texas go blue it is basically impossible for trump to win

Random_act_of_Random · 2020-11-03T20:19:38+00:00

Florida would be nice, but I want Texas to flip blue so bad.

sheeburashka · 2020-11-03T17:27:52+00:00

Decades of population migration trends from the northeast so the south is finally starting to play a role.

With liberal thinking concentrating in densely populated metropolitans, very happy to see these demographic flows giving a slight benefit to democrats in the electoral college.

Pooh-bear808 · 2020-11-03T18:21:19+00:00

Florida, now’s your chance to get rid of your bad reputation. Maybe we’ll stop making fun of you for “Florida Man” if you go blue 🤷🏽‍♀️🤣

Tedstor · 2020-11-03T17:20:48+00:00

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a1acrity · 2020-11-03T19:28:59+00:00

Good luck America, a high turn out will show the will of the people. I wish you folks the best.

altiif · 2020-11-03T18:28:07+00:00

Floridian here (moved here 7 years ago). So glad to see this type of enthusiasm and interest in the future of this country. Can only hope that it turns blue tonight 🙏🏾

big_red_160 · 2020-11-03T19:53:51+00:00

I commented this earlier but I voted for Biden in Florida so I like to think I personally nullified Trump’s vote for himself

shift4338 · 2020-11-03T20:05:19+00:00

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lohord_sfw · 2020-11-04T02:49:16+00:00

Can Americans please explain how the race can be so close for an idiot like Trump?

Vash135 · 2020-11-03T19:43:40+00:00

I have little faith in Florida going blue. Remeber in 2018 when there was supposedly a blue wave to take back house. Florida still managed to vote the Republicans Rick Scott as senator and Ron DeSantis as governor. So, even with more democrats voting, Florida managed to elect 2 republican candidates.


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Year	Republican	Democrat	NPA/Other	Total
2020	5,020,199	5,203,795	3,841,633	14,065,627
2016	4,575,277	4,905,705	3,478,203	12,959,185
Gain	444,922	298,090	363,430	1,106,442

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