Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Florida

Tools

Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Florida

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Nov 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM EST

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 12:54 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) - Many more Floridians voted for John McCain on Election Day, but Barack Obama sealed his victory in the state by winning more early and absentee votes.

A study of 94 percent of the electorate by The Associated Press shows that McCain beat Obama by almost 5 percentage points on Nov. 4. But Obama beat him by 11 percentage points in early and absentee balloting.

Overall, Obama beat McCain 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent.


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 500 Characters Left

WINK News - News, Sports and Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

On Demand

More On Demand