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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
There are double the amount of Independents than Dems or Reps that voted early. Are these the snowbirds? Can they vote?
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It means that independents are using early voting more than anyone else. Nothing more. You vote where your primary residence is or where you are registered, so snowbirds cannot vote in Florida. If they are registered in Florida that would mean their primary residence is in Florida and they would not be considered a snowbird.
Some other numbers of interest, there are 5.04M registered Democrats, 4.79M registered Republicans, and 3.78M registered independents. So based on the numbers collected by the state to this point, the returns look like this:
Republican votes cast = 1,221,835, or 25.5% of registered voters
Democrat votes cast = 1,708,632, or 33.4% of registered voters
Independent votes cast = 1,310,860 or 34.7% of registered voters
Read into this what you will, but these numbers have to be concerning for the incumbent. Early voting across the country has been a 2-to-1 advantage for the Democrats, so the narrative of the count on election night being stacked in Trump's favor may not come true. The enthusiasm for early voting has been stunning to the states. Early voting doesn't show who is voting for who, but it does clearly show voter enthusiasm and people wanting to get their votes on record.