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About 30 minutes ago and what we have seen are lines that are slow and steady here in florida what we've seen is a deeply involved electorate of the more than 13 million voters who are registered in this state, more than 5 million have already voted. that's 38%. if you look at the breakdown by party, it is nail biting. take a look at this numbers. of those early voters, 40.1% are registered republicans, 40.5% are registered democrats. and then the rest, no party affiliation or other, make up 19.3%. now, overall there is this misconception in florida that most of the registered voters are senio...

Had already voted. if you compare that to 2014, that is a 62% increase. now, when you break that down by party, this is where you get these nail biting, razor thin elections here in florida because that's the setup that we're starting to see here. take a look at these numbers. if you break down the early voting numbers, brooke, 40.1% are registered republicans. 40.5% are registered democrats. and then the rest, the 19.4% that are left are no party affiliation or other. now, since president trump took office, about 1 million voters have registered. now, there is this sense across the nation tha...

38%. now, if you look at that break-down, it really says a lot about the nail biting races in the state of florida because the break down by party looks like this. take a look. republicans 40.1%. democrats 40.5%. nail biting, razor thin margins there. the rest are no party affiliation or other at 19.3%. there are multiple races in the state of florida with national implications. you have the senate that could tilt the balance of power, the governor's race, as a glimpse into 2020 as to how florida could go either republican or democrat. and then of course there are a couple of house races in th...

What are you hearing from voters about what's bringing them to the polls? >> i talked to one voter who said that this is the best country in the world. we enjoy democracy. we enjoy freedoms, and how do you maintain that democracy and those freedoms? by exercising your right to vote. that's why one voter said that she was here very early this morning. take a look over my shoulder. polls here opens at 7:00 a.m. and we do have an update from the secretary of state here in florida. updated early voting numbers. hear this. 39% of registered voters in florida have already voted. that's more than 5 m...

They have come to an end. at least in this election that's what we're going to show. people are going out and voting for something and not against. and by voting for something, we're returning the politics of decency and what's right and what's common between all of us. we'll worry about history later, but today, we're working to win. >> now, the governors race is locked in a dead heat. and if early voting numbers are any indication of what this race is going to be like, it will be nail biting. take a look at these updated numbers from the florida secretary of state. more than 5 million people...