{"id":1728352,"date":"2022-11-07T13:15:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728352"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:18:12","slug":"florida-gop-leading-dems-by-321k-votes-in-early-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-gop-leading-dems-by-321k-votes-in-early-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GOP Leading Dems by  321k Votes in Early Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-gop-leading-dems-by-321k-votes-in-early-voting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20210604-AMX-US-NEWS-GOV.-RON-DESANTIS-SIGNS-3-JK.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Almost 4.8 million ballots had already been cast in Florida by Sunday night, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats in the state by just over 321,000 early votes. The GOP is hoping to reelect Gov. Ron DeSantis, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/06\/desantis-beats-trump-in-straw-poll-for-2024-presidential-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who is also a likely contender in the 2024 presidential election.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/florida\/2022\/11\/07\/gop-has-big-advantage-in-florida-ballots-already-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a> News 4 Jax, even Miami-Dade County \u2013 which is typically a Democrat stronghold \u2013 has seen a growing number of early Republican votes. So far, the GOP has cast 6,055 more ballots in the county than Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The surge of Republican votes in Miami-Dade County came despite President Joe Biden\u2019s visit to the area in a last-minute push for Democrat midterm candidates. Local 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/vote-2022\/2022\/11\/01\/biden-headed-to-south-florida-to-campaign-1-week-before-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the county is home to nearly 1.5 million voting-age Hispanics, a demographic that has shifted right in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>A recent Telemundo\/LX News poll, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2022-election\/floridas-hispanic-voters-back-desantis-crist-support-marthas-vineyard-rcna53493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as reported by<\/a> NBC News, showed that most Hispanic voters support DeSantis over his Democrat opponent Charlie Crist. Across the state, DeSantis tops Crist by 51 percent to 44 percent among Hispanic voters.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Foreman, a political science professor at Barry University in Miami, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/07\/desantis-latino-voters-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Axios that most Hispanic voters are \u201cless concerned with social issues and more concerned about following the American dream and the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbortion being Charlie Crist\u2019s main talking point doesn\u2019t really resonate with Hispanic voters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, DeSantis encouraged everyone to vote to \u201cKeepFloridaFree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, we\u2019re going to carry the torch of freedom onward &#038; ensure Florida\u2019s future is secure for generations. We will make sure that freedom prevails in the Sunshine State. But we need every Floridian to get out &#038; VOTE to make it happen. Stand with us. Let\u2019s #KeepFloridaFree,\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow, we&#8217;re going to carry the torch of freedom onward &#038; ensure Florida\u2019s future is secure for generations.<\/p>\n<p>We will make sure that freedom prevails in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>But we need every Floridian to get out &#038; VOTE to make it happen. Stand with us. Let\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeepFloridaFree?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeepFloridaFree<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL\/status\/1589639268581793792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Crist also encouraged Floridians to vote, tweeting, \u201cTomorrow, we have the opportunity to protect choice, lower costs, and guarantee freedoms in Florida \u2014 so vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Early voting turnout is set to rival the 2018 midterms, <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2022\/10\/huge-turnout-11-million-early-votes-already-cast-in-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with more than 11 million ballots already cast<\/a> by late October for the upcoming midterm elections, according to data from the United States Election Project.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 4.8 million ballots had already been cast in Florida by Sunday night, with Republicans outnumbering Democrats in the state by just over 321,000 early votes. 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