mydd.com has an update on florida

[VirginiaDem]

www.mydd.com

Here's some early exit data polling of Latinos in Florida (2000 numbers are in parenthesis):
KERRY BUSH

Hispanics 46 (35) 53 (65)
Cubans 32 (17) 68 (82)
Kerry continues to lead Florida overall as well. Again, these are exit poll numbers, so doubt them, but it looks great!

Kirsten Powers an update on Florida from Kerry campaign, including:

-- Dems are running ahead of where we were in 2000 at this point in the day.
-- Bush is running behind where he was at this point in 2000
-- In comparison to 2000, by this time of day there were widespread reports of problems in the state and today that is not the case. Things are proceeding well and no widespread reports of problems.
--Touchscreen voting machines are working.

[Cush]

1. that's a pretty big dropoff for Bush

and don't forget, early voting probably isn't factoreds into this. reports are Kerry was leading there as well

[PotatoBoy]

2. Am I missing something? n/t

[Cush]

3. Look at Bush's numbers for Hispanics & Cubans

the numbers have dropped, while Kerry doing better than Gore

[PotatoBoy]

6. Oh I see.. I noticed that, ..

but Bush is still way ahead. That sucks. How can minority groups vote for Bush???? It just doesn't make any sense.

[VirginiaDem]

7. not that I agree with them but the Cuban vote

has for so long been all about Castro and God, in that order. Hispanics split a little bit on the God deal, as well.

[VirginiaDem]

5. these are internals of the exit polls

that show that Bush's support among Cubans and other Hispanics has dropped. He still has the support of Cubans but it's not nearly as high as in 2000.

These are exit poll internals, so who knows. But they line up with pre-election theories.

[Bombtrack]

4. If only Mydd wasn't the source

sorry that blog has never seemed grounded in anything but underestimating the republicans from what I've seen by reading it sparcley from before the 2002 midterms