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applegrove

(118,749 posts)
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 08:10 PM Oct 2016

On Early Florida Voting As On Every Other Subject, Republicans Prefer Their Own Facts

by Steve M. at Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/10/early-florida-voting-every-other-subject

"SNIP..........


That's right -- four years ago, just as in-person voting was starting, there were 5% more Republican votes than Democratic votes. This year, the parties are much closer to even. And remember, once all the votes had been counted, Obama beat Romney in Florida. So Clinton is ahead of Obama's winning pace.

But you'd never know all this from reading a Fox story titled "Early Voting Suggests Tight Race in Key States Despite Clinton Camp Boast":

... early data shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump with potential advantages of his own in battleground states Florida, Ohio and elsewhere.

... the Clinton campaign seemed bolstered in recent days by mail-in balloting in battleground Florida, where in-person voting started Monday in a majority of counties.



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