Early ballots and voter registration numbers show a surge of Democrats in the important swing state of Florida.
As of Friday, roughly 311,00 Floridians had cast absentee ballots, and the numbers show Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is heavily favored in that group, according to a Politico report.
Republicans had been leading the way in absentee ballots by 1.9 percent, but Democrats submitted 503,000 new voter registration forms, compared to just 60,000 from Republicans in the same period.
Florida, which has about 12.5 million active voters, reportedly had 2 percent more registered active Democrats than Republicans as of the end of August.
Despite that report, Republican National Committee Sean Spicer praised his party’s ground game in the Sunshine State as recently as two months ago.
“The Clinton camp knows that the Trump campaign and the RNC’s combined efforts are outpacing their field organization, and their touting how many offices they have cannot cover up the fact they lag behind our effort in organizers, volunteers, and voter registration in key states,” Spicer wrote.
With less than a month until Election Day, Clinton leads Republican nominee Donald Trump by 3.2 percentage points in Florida, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls.
