Presidential Primary Early Voting Update

Low Turnout, As Expected, After Day 1

I'm a data nerd, so I love creating predictive models on voting here locally. Before early voting even started, I projected the following for the Presidential Primary here in Dade: (let me go ahead and stick my neck out early)

Democratic ballots cast - 172
Republican ballots cast - 730

Low totals to be sure, but Presidential primaries almost always have the lowest vote totals, ESPECIALLY when they’re uncontested (or virtually so), which both parties are this year.

After 1 day…
31 Republican ballots have been cast
7 Democratic ballots have been cast

That’s almost exactly the same proportion to my prediction (slightly over 4% of the vote in each case).

Want to help prove me wrong? In a good way? VOTE DEMOCRATIC! Polls are open!

Early voting is going on right now at the Administrative Building, 71 Case Ave. You can also still vote absentee but I would not wait much longer if you’re choosing that route. Let us know if we can help.

Of course, you could prove me wrong in a bad way by not voting…but you wouldn’t do that to me, would you? LOL