10-15-2012, 10:57 PM
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Mo' holla fo' yo' dolla!
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Florida Dems rocking the absentee vote: Republicans "nervous", "not good news"
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In 2008, half of all Floridians voted early or by absentee ballot, and Obama beat McCain by about 200,000 total votes. And "4.3 million people cast votes during early voting and absentee balloting; Democrats outnumbered Republicans by almost 360,000 among those voters" (link). Those 360K votes were thanks to our huge advantage in early voting more than offsetting Republican's advantage in absentee ballots. This year, early GOTV can again make the difference. “It’s not good news for Republicans,” said Brad Gomez, a political science professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee, who studies voter turnout.
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The Obama campaign has 102 offices, up from 58 in Florida four years ago, and has registered about 320,000 new voters, up from about 200,000 in 2008
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Republicans have signed up about 49,000 new voters in Florida, state data show, and have 47 offices for the presidential campaign
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