Democrats and Republicans were essentially in a dead heat on the first day of in-person early voting in Florida, according to statewide turnout numbers published by the Florida Department of State Tuesday morning. Voter enthusiasm is high with a reported 366,436 early votes cast yesterday, up approximately 17 percent from the last general election when about 290,000 voters cast ballots on day one. The two parties were tied up with 42% each of the voters yesterday; the remaining 16% of in-person voters were third-party or unaffiliated. In all, 14,441,869 people are registered to vote in this year’s general election in Florida, with 36.7% registered as Democrats, 35.8% registered as Republicans and 26% registered with no party affiliation.Most but not all Florida counties initiated early voting yesterday. As the election draws closer, check our Ballots Cast breakout below to see how turnout is taking shape in the nation’s most valuable swing state.
Vaccine plan for elders takes shape.
Florida’s long-term care and nursing home residents and staff can rest easier with a plan announced this weekendto ensure vaccines are administered in-house if and when the medication is cleared by the FDA. The Department of Health and Human Services announced a plan in partnership withCVS and Walgreens to provide vaccines free of charge at the elder care facilities. “We are trying to eliminate all potential barriers to getting folks safe and effective vaccines,” said Paul Mango, a senior policy advisory at HHS. CDC and HHS officials stressed in the announcement that staff and residents of long-term care facilities are a key target population to receive vaccination first considering the vulnerability of these populations to Covid-19. “Our nation’s elderly living in long-term care facilities are one of the most vulnerable populations. With early access to a vaccination, we can help keep them, and the staff caring for them, healthy and safe,” said Troyen Brennan, Chief Medical Officer with CVS Health.
Trump’s path to electoral victory.
You’ll recall it takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Today we’ll explore Donald Trump’s path to victory, and tomorrow we’ll look at Joe Biden’s. Trump begins with a probable base of 163 electoral votes. Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, said that among the toss-up states the “easy part” is winning Ohio, Florida, Georgia, and Iowa. Currently, polling shows that Trump is winning Ohio by 0.1%, and Biden is winning Florida by 3.4%, Georgia by 0.9%, and Iowa by 0.3%. Then, under the most likely scenario for a Trump victory he needs to win Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania to cross the magic electoral threshold. Currently, Biden is up in those states 3.9%, 3.1%, and 6.4%, respectively. Reach states for Trump –those states that Hillary Clinton won by fewer than 3 points in 2016—are Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, and New Hampshire. This election cycle, Biden is substantially ahead in those states with a 6+ point lead in Nevada and Minnesota and double-digit leads in the other two reach states. So, while Trump has a path to electoral victory, unless polling is wildly inaccurate in the 2020 cycle, his path is a narrow one with little room for error.
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