Around 48,000 more Republicans than Democrats have already voted in Florida’s First Coast region, which encompasses five counties around Jacksonville.
Local station WOKV reports that Republicans are leading Democrats in early ballots, and over 40,000 independent voters have also voted early. That’s 19 percent of unaffiliated Florida voters in the counties of Clay, Dvual, Nassau, and St. Johns. Thirty-three percent of registered GOP voters in that area have already voted, along with 28 percent of Democrats. Baker County, the fifth county in the First Coast region, doesn’t put its vote totals online. – READ MORE