Early voting sites took in 222,108 of those ballots. Another 151,587 came in by mail. Lantana Road Branch Library was the busiest of the county’s 28 early voting locations at 17,406, ahead of Gardens Branch Library at 15,188 and Wellington Branch Library at 13,990.
Registered Democrats lead with 167,528 ballots, about 45 percent of the total. Republicans follow at 115,424, no party affiliation voters at 79,450 and other parties at 11,293. Mail accounts for most of the 52,104-ballot gap between the two major parties: 79,268 Democratic mail ballots to 37,899 Republican. At early voting sites, the margin narrowed to 10,735, with Democrats at 88,260 and Republicans at 77,525. The numbers show party registration, not how anyone voted.
Boca Raton leaned the other way. Republicans outnumbered Democrats at all five Boca-area early voting sites: West Boca Branch Library (10,072 total ballots), Spanish River Library (9,133), Glades Road Branch Library (9,117), Boca Raton Downtown Library (8,580) and Sugar Sand Park Community Center (6,599). Together, those sites logged 43,501 ballots, with 17,295 from Republicans, 13,929 from Democrats and 10,916 from no party affiliation voters…