IDaggie06 said:
fightingfarmer09 said:
2023NCAggies said:
Captn_Ag05 said:
I am crunching numbers myself and just ran the numbers for Arizona and Nevada on turnout compared to 2020.
Here is what that shows
Arizona
Republicans: 101% of their 2020 early vote
Democrats: 79% of their 2020 early vote
Nevada
Republicans: 100% of their total 2020 early vote
Democrats: 80% of their total 2020 early vote
To go with the Florida and NC numbers I posted earlier, anyone notice anything? It is shockingly similar in each state.
Florida
Republicans: 101% of their 2020 early vote
Democrats: 74% of their 2020 early vote
North Carolina
Republicans: 101% of their 2020 early vote
Democrats: 83% of their 2020 early vote
Democrats are more in line with 2016 enthusiasm than 2020. 2016 turnout for dems, 2020 turnout for Rs. which means blowout for Trump
This is the only way to really dive into the numbers. The data appears to show that the early vote for Rep will be in line with 2020 with the potential to have an equal Election Day turnout. While the Dem are not matching that. The votes are technically still out there, but it will be a heroic effort to get them out.
Republicans MUST match the 2020 ED turnout to overcome the change in demographic makeup and female shift in voting. I think the democrats are definitely pulling some female republican voters.
Republlicans are not going to match 2020 ED turnout just like the democrats aren't. But Republicans do not need to match it, they just need to perform well. For instance, in 2020 Penslyvania democrasts had over 1 million vote lead going into election day but they are exepected to have roughly 500k lead this year. Part of this is a lot more republicans voting early this year. So while they aren't going to match 2020 ED turnout, they still have plenty to overcome the 500k deficit with a solid turnout on Tuesday and without dems having an unrealist ED turnout.
Please tell me if I'm wrong, but that's not what the early numbers seem to be showing. There is not a lot more early voting for Republicans. For the most part, the R's are hitting about the same as far as early voting. They are showing out at 100-101% of their 2020 returns. The difference is the dems are not hitting their 2020 early and mail in ballot numbers this go around which is where you get the lower dem lead going into Election Day.
I would not be surprised by the Rep's hitting or exceeding their ED numbers from 2020. I absolutely think there appears to be a much more energized base for Trump this year. I didn't think that could/would happen, but I believe his support is even larger now.
Maybe I'm wrong on PA. I do think Fla's early voting numbers have well passed 2020….. but the other states appear to mostly be in line with the 2020 numbers.
Edit to add: even in Fla, where Trump holds a massive lead, the early voting number is at 101% of 2020. It's just the Dems number is a much lower % of what they showed in early voting in 2020.