Nearly 9,000 mail-in ballots yet to be returned in Escambia, 735K statewide

Rick Outzen

8 years ago

According to Floridaâ€™s Secretary of State, 735,681 mail-in ballots have yet to be returned as of 5 a.m. this morning. The majority of which are ballots requested by Democrats.

Unreturned Mail-in Ballots
REP	239,497
DEM	312,079
OTHER	184,105
	735,681

In Escambia County, 8,758 mail-in ballots have yet to be returned, and Republicans are the ones holding on to their ballots. Across Northwest Florida, from Escambia to Walton counties, 19,973 mail-in ballots have not been received:

Unreturned Mail-in Ballots
	Escambia	Santa Rosa	Okaloosa	Walton	Grand Total
REP	4,122	3,167	2,710	785	10,784
DEM	2,805	1,126	863	247	5,041
OTHER	1831	1291	836	190	4,148
	8,758	5,584	4,409	1,222	19,973

For the first time in recent memory, Republicans do not have huge lead in the early and mail-in ballots in Escambia. Only 31 votes separate Republicans from the Democrats and Other totals. However, across Northwest Florida Republicans have a 8,539 vote margin.

Statewide, 6,511,678 votes have already been cast – with Democrats and Others outdistancing Republicans by more than a million votes.

Voted Vote-by-Mail
	REP	DEM	Other	Grand Total
State Totals	1,077,679	1,013,087	545,983	2,636,749

Escambia	19,699	12,318	5,886	37,903
Okaloosa	13,687	4,501	3,916	22,104
Santa Rosa	11,448	3,801	3,051	18,300
Walton	4,540	1,387	931	6,858
Total	49,374	22,007	13,784	85,165

Voted Early
	REP	DEM	Other	Grand Total
State Totals	1,425,309	1,580,003	869,617	3,874,929

Escambia	27,384	20,266	8,523	56,173
Okaloosa	29,128	8,614	7,409	45,151
Santa Rosa	24,227	7,108	5,862	37,197
Walton	8,912	2,474	2,053	13,439
	89,651	38,462	23,847	151,960

Combined	REP	DEM	Other	Grand Total
State Totals	2,502,988	2,593,090	1,415,600	6,511,678

Escambia	47,083	32,584	14,409	94,076
Okaloosa	42,815	13,115	11,325	67,255
Santa Rosa	35,675	10,909	8,913	55,497
Walton	13,452	3,861	2,984	20,297
Total	139,025	60,469	37,631	237,125