It’s too soon to say which can­di­date will win the Sun­shine State, and not all of the polls have closed there. How­ev­er, with more than two mil­lion votes count­ed in Flori­da, Pres­i­dent Oba­ma main­tains a slight lead over Mitt Rom­ney (52% to 48%), and is doing bet­ter in some areas than he did in 2008.

That’s a good sign for Democrats.

In Duval Coun­ty, which John McCain won with 51% of the vote, Oba­ma’s cam­paign is keep­ing Rom­ney’s below the 51% mark.

Josh Mar­shall offers this thought about Flori­da and North Car­oli­na:

The big deal though is that these two states are super, super close. Seem­ing­ly down to the wire. But Rom­ney must win both states. If these are going down to the wire, that’s not a good sign for Romney.

This is an impor­tant point. Rom­ney has no hope of win­ning the pres­i­den­cy if he can­not win the key bat­tle­ground states in the south. Even if Rom­ney were to win, let’s say, Michi­gan and Penn­syl­va­nia, he would not have the sup­port nec­es­sary to win if he could not put North Car­oli­na and Flori­da into his win column.

UPDATE: Cur­rent results in Flori­da as of 5:05 PM Pacific:

  • Romney/Ryan: 47.72% (2,265,239 votes)
  • Obama/Biden: 51.53% (2,445,934 votes)

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Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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2 replies on “Early Florida results look good for President Obama and Democrats”

  1. We want Flori­da’s votes dou­ble checked this time. With Bush in the mix — we are con­cerned anoth­er Gore/Bush trick is in the works.

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