registration where the white vote is above its registration percentage on the voter rolls. right now the real underperformers are hispanic voters. by the end of the day we have souls to the polls here among african-americans. a church to head out to the polls after service. we ll probably see that black share of the vote go up. the question is how many hispanic democrats will get out and how many of their own base both on the republican and democratic side are they going to be able to do on election day. election day will be huge. i will just note the statistics. 17% of florida s register voters are latino. let me ask you about the senate race. you ve got bill nelson up against rick scott. it s still a very close race. if you look at that poll there from cnn, what are the issues that are animating this race in the final days? really the issue that they probably spoke about the most is health care. the democrats and bill nelson
that could be a higher number than the votes recorded today. we ll see. polls close at 7:00 eastern time. so, joining me now with a little bit more on the ground in this race is adam smith, political editor for the tampa bay times. good morning to you, sir. good morning, chuck. all right. let s talk about that early vote. five-point republican registration percentage on the early vote. why republicans feel better about their chances than they have in weeks. yeah. like you say, i think this really say nail biter, coin toss election. both sides expected this is a special election. you ll expect republican turnout to be better maybe by eight-plus points, both sides agree. it s a real question on whether this is enough, five-point advantage and how many of those independent voters with roughly one in five and how many republicans alex sink is able to peel off. when you look at the organization that you ve seen on the ground, i ve heard all sorts of whispers about the lack of a