Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Trump gains in Florida

BOOM: Trump Breaks Massive GOP Record in Crucial Swing State

Republican nominee Donald Trump has been surging in the polls over the past few weeks. On the day of the first presidential debate, Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are tied in almost every national poll, and Trump is leading by a significant margin in a few swing-state polls.

It appears that Trump’s lead over Clinton isn’t just in the polls. In the swing state of Florida — a state Trump needs to win in order to become president — Republicans are leading in the number of vote-by-mail ballots, the first time the GOP has ever done so, Newsalert reported.

That’s a pretty big historic first. You could even say it’s yuge. The numbers provided by the Florida Division of Elections show that 881,731 Republicans have received vote-by-mail ballots, while only 760,346 Democrats have received vote-by-mail ballots.

It is important to point out that these numbers are just the numbers of ballots sent out. They do not reflect how many people have voted or will vote, or whom they have voted for.
However, Trump has roughly 90 percent support from Republicans around the country, so it is safe to assume that a large majority of the Republican ballot recipients who actually vote will cast their ballots for Trump.

In 2012 when then-Sen. Barack Obama won Florida, Democrats had 43 percent of the early voting as opposed to 40 percent for the Republicans.

Having more Republicans receive ballots than Democrats in one state doesn’t guarantee a Trump victory (we still have more than a month to go, after all ), but it is a very positive sign.

As of right now, all signs point to Trump surging around the country. The first presidential debate will be key in seeing if Trump continues his rise to the top.

If Trump can have a strong performance in Monday’s debate, he can continue to surge past Clinton and eventually establish a lead that will be very difficult for her to overcome.



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