Republicans have cast more early in-person ballots than Democrats at all five Boca Raton early voting sites, according to Supervisor of Elections figures updated at 3:40 p.m. Friday. The five sites have drawn 33,413 voters so far: 13,321 Republicans, 11,102 Democrats, 7,959 with no party affiliation and 1,031 from other parties.
The widest gap is at the Boca Raton Downtown Library, where Republicans lead 3,069 to 1,874. The Glades Road site is nearly even.
Countywide, 313,019 of 889,577 active eligible voters have cast ballots, an unofficial turnout of 35.19 percent. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Democrats lead the county overall with about 46 percent of ballots cast, driven largely by mail voting. In early in-person voting countywide, Democrats lead 69,356 to 60,064.
The Lantana Road Branch Library is the county’s busiest early voting site, with 13,581 voters. Democrats outnumber Republicans there better than two to one. The Gardens Branch Library is second at 11,965 voters, with Republicans ahead.
Thursday was the busiest early voting day so far, with 17,743 people voting in person countywide. About 15,408 more had voted by mid-afternoon Friday.
In Boca Raton’s 48 precincts, 30,948 of 86,103 eligible voters, about 35.9 percent, have cast ballots. Precinct 8836, at Hammock Pointe Elementary, has the city’s highest turnout at 51.2 percent. The lowest is Precinct 1716 at the FAU Arena lobby, where 76 of 381 eligible voters, or 19.9 percent, have voted.
All figures are unofficial and come from the county’s live turnout tracker.
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