Here's a memo to all those candidates for are planning last-minute stops before Florida's March 15 primary: a lot of voters have already made up their minds.
Even though some of the presidential candidates haven't made it to Florida, one in 12 of the state's registered voters have already cast a ballot, according to reports from the Florida Division of Elections.
As of Monday, more than 1 million people throughout the state have cast a ballot, either through absentee ballots or early voting.
Miami-Dade County is leading the state, with more than 116,000 ballots turned in. Pinellas County is second, with 103,000 people casting early ballots, followed by Hillsborough County with 74,000 and 71,000 in Broward County.
State figures report that 603,000 Republicans have already voted, compared to 486,000 Democrats.
Early voting ends Saturday, three days before the primary.
The Florida Division of Elections reports that as of March 7, more than 1 million votes have been turned in for the presidential preference primary.
County Total Early Absentee Total Voted Early Total Votes In As Of Mar. 7
Miami-Dade 86,488 30,171 116,659
Pinellas 102,180 1,150 103,330
Hillsborough 51,707 22,485 74,192
Broward 54,624 16,402 71,026
Lee 63,528 4,231 67,759
Orange 36,387 20,462 56,849
Duval 28,806 22,117 50,923
Palm Beach 32,507 11,478 43,985
Brevard 34,869 5,275 40,144
Polk 28,091 4,874 32,965
Volusia 28,836 2,425 31,261
Sarasota 24,321 3,550 27,871
Pasco 22,872 3,826 26,698
Collier 22,722 3,830 26,552
Seminole 21,267 4,909 26,176
Manatee 19,941 2,350 22,291
Lake 13,071 8,994 22,065
Marion 13,208 4,569 17,777
Escambia 14,809 2,752 17,561
St. Lucie 14,431 2,482 16,913
Leon 10,629 3,699 14,328
Hernando 12,991 1,096 14,087
Osceola 11,980 1,830 13,810
Charlotte 9,576 3,954 13,530
Sumter 8,038 4,829 12,867
Alachua 9,861 2,981 12,842
Martin 11,865 977 12,842
St. Johns 8,900 3,775 12,675
Citrus 9,558 2,645 12,203
Santa Rosa 5,936 5,101 11,037
Indian River 7,437 1,674 9,111
Clay 6,480 2,442 8,922
Okaloosa 5,288 2,451 7,739
Monroe 5,354 1,929 7,283
Flagler 4,789 1,775 6,564
Bay 4,559 1,796 6,355
Nassau 3,316 1,766 5,082
Highlands 3,355 646 4,001
Putnam 2,320 1,246 3,566
Walton 1,913 666 2,579
Columbia 1,873 631 2,504
Levy 1,589 480 2,069
Jackson 1,362 654 2,016
Suwannee 1,727 243 1,970
Gadsden 1,436 430 1,866
Baker 751 1,075 1,826
Okeechobee 693 675 1,368
Hendry 454 881 1,335
Taylor 864 372 1,236
Wakulla 704 340 1,044
Bradford 784 179 963
DeSoto 398 538 936
Washington 726 191 917
Dixie 581 63 644
Calhoun 329 303 632
Gilchrist 546 80 626
Holmes 446 139 585
Jefferson 424 107 531
Madison 191 319 510
Gulf 329 162 491
Franklin 371 117 488
Hamilton 430 48 478
Union 170 111 281
Lafayette 178 50 228
Liberty 102 117 219
Hardee 94 79 173
Glades 82 25 107
