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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