Republicans held a substantial advantage in Florida's in-person Election Day turnout Tuesday afternoon, with registered GOP voters accounting for 50.3% of the 1.53 million ballots cast by 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time. Democrats represented 25.8% of in-person voters, while voters registered with other parties or without a party affiliation made up the remaining 23.9%.

The figures put Republicans ahead of Democrats by 24.4 percentage points, translating into a raw turnout advantage of approximately 374,000 voters. The latest update also showed a wider Republican margin than the party recorded at the same point on Election Day in 2024, when Republicans held a 19.8-point advantage and a lead of roughly 279,000 voters.

The comparison is notable because Republicans were approaching their entire Election Day turnout advantage from the 2024 election. By the close of voting that year, the GOP had finished with an Election Day lead of approximately 384,000 voters, meaning Tuesday's reported margin already reached nearly that level by midafternoon.

The Election Day figures follow a more closely divided early and mail voting period. More than 5.4 million Floridians had already cast ballots before Tuesday, with registered Republicans holding a narrower advantage over Democrats in the combined early and mail vote totals. That earlier turnout included a larger Democratic share, making the Election Day in-person numbers a significant shift in the overall party-registration breakdown.

The figures measure the party registration of people who have cast ballots, not the candidates they supported. Florida voters are deciding several major statewide contests, including the gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, alongside congressional, legislative, and local elections. The turnout breakdown does not establish how those races will ultimately be decided, but it provides a snapshot of which party's registered voters are participating in person as Election Day continues.