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I collected Florida ballot returns and early voting by party registration by date. I allocated independent registrations 50/50 to each party, and ignored 3rd p
by nl 6y ago
I collected Florida ballot returns and early voting by party registration by date.
I allocated independent registrations 50/50 to each party, and ignored 3rd party registrations.
Obviously this isn't the same as actual votes, but it is instructive. The Democratic party had a large lead at the start from postal votes, but that shrunk as more early voting happened.
Date Likely Democratic lead
24 Oct 2020 386,908
26 Oct 2020 354,654
27 Oct 2020 299,021
28 Oct 2020 245,912
29 Oct 2020 204,277
1 Nov 2020 94,325
2 Nov 2020 108,123
3 Nov 2020 114,889
To me this indicates that the narrative of postal votes being vastly more from the Democratic party holds up.
In states (like PA) where postal votes weren't counted until after polls closed we'd absolutely expect to see a large Republican lead which would shrink as postal votes were counted.
- Gibbon1 6y agoI've watched California's election results for decades. You totally see mail in ballots trend Democratic. And urban areas tend to be slow to report. The tallies always shift towards Republicans then shift back toward Democrats.