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Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Two Democratic political committees that have been pounding Florida’s airwaves and social media pushing U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and opposing Republican Gov. Rick Scott‘s U.S. Senate bid are launching new ads that turn in another, more subtle direction. Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA are jointly launching three new 15-second internet ads that encourage voter turnout, […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 4, 2018

The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) says a Broward County summit this past weekend, aimed at wooing volunteers to help mobilize voter turnout among African Americans, reached maximum capacity with all 75 spots filled. Party leaders say the sold out event is yet another sign of a “blue wave” in 2018. “The energy is unmistakable, and it can […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018

Voting rates are “blowing past” previous years’ totals in Central Florida’s Orange and Seminole counties as big early-voting and mail-voting pushes are giving way to solid election day turnouts. That’s combined with a report from Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner that there appear to be no major issues statewide. “Today is Florida’s Primary Election and […]

Ryan NicolJune 11, 2018

Progressive Turnout Project (PTP), a liberal political action committee, is announcing it will spend $350,000 on voter turnout to oust U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo from his congressional seat in November. “When voter turnout is high, Democrats win elections,” said the group’s executive director, Alex Morgan. “Our team will be pounding the pavement every day between now and […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2017

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With a week left before voters in Florida’s House District 44 decide who will be the Republican nominee seeking to fill the vacant seat, nearly 3,000 votes have been cast, with a large portion of them coming from the Dr. Phillips and Windermere areas of the sprawling southwest Orange County district. Through Tuesday, 2,940 votes […]

Peter SchorschAugust 8, 2017

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A non-profit dedicated to boosting minorities’ and unmarried women’s share of the electorate said it expects 40 million voters who made it to the polls in 2016 will not vote in 2018. The Voter Participation Center is predicting battleground states such as Florida will see the largest drop in turnout, with the Sunshine State expected […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2017

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More than 2,000 absentee ballots already have been returned in the upcoming special Republican primary election for House District 44 in west Orange County. The office of Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles reported Tuesday afternoon that 7,175 absentee ballots have been requested and mailed out for the contest, and 2,063 already have been […]

Staff ReportsAugust 30, 2016

There’s just a few hours left until the polls close, and statewide turnout is currently under 20 percent. Forty-seven counties in Florida have started to report turnout numbers, according to LobbyTools. The legislative monitoring service reported more than 2.1 million votes have already been cast. That brings statewide turnout to just over 17 percent. Statewide […]

Staff ReportsAugust 30, 2016

A tout sheet circulated by Associated Industries of Florida shows internal projections of just under 20 percent turnout for today’s primary election. “We … believe statewide turnout is headed to 19-20% or close to 2.5 million total votes,” writes Ryan Tyson, AIF’s Vice President of Political Operations. To be precise, Tyson and Co. are predicting 2,425,718 votes cast out of 12,370,930 registered voters, for […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2016

Here’s what we know about the primary in Duval County, as of the close of Early Voting on Sunday. Turnout, thus far, is at 14.14 percent. Of the Democrats, 33,210 of 230,529 — or 14.6 percent — have voted. Meanwhile, of the 215,025 Republicans registered, 40,423 — or 18.8 percent — have voted. Of the 120,124 NPA voters, 6,470 […]

Tag: voter turnout

Democrat groups’ new ads seek to inspire young people of color to vote

Democrats pack house for African American voter turnout summit

Central Florida seeing high voter turnout for primary elections

Progressive PAC to spend $350,000 to take on Carlos Curbelo

Voter turnout in HD 44 special election primary favoring central precincts

Report estimates 2.3 million fewer Floridians will cast a ballot in 2018

HD 44 Republican primary votes coming in

Statewide voter turnout currently around 17 percent

Associated Industries of Florida’s political shop foresees under 20% primary turnout

New Republicans could be the x-factor in Duval County primaries