Official Florida Primary Result Page (Bipartisan)

[Torie]

The leaked exit poll numbers do not include absentees, and Mitt's folks thought they had to win today's voters by 2%-3% to pull it out, because McCain had the lead with absentees. So if the numbers are right, Mitt is near to being on the ropes.

[Torie]

I think what was meant was that of those who voted absentee 69% were conservative, and 46% were elderly, which is only a bit older and more conservative than  the GOP electorate as a whole.

[Torie]

Fox News:
For voters whose top issue is the Economy:
McCain 38, Romney 34, Huckabee 12, Giuliani 10
http://thepage.time.com/more-fox-news-exit-poll-results/

That's interesting...

Bad news for My Man Mitt.

Terrible news for Mitt. In the SurveyUSA poll that had the race tied, Mitt beat McCain on the economy 40%-29%. 

I might as well make my election prediction now. McCain will win by a 6% margin.

[Torie]

It is just a wild guess, based on all of the tea leaves. The Hispanic numbers moved too.

[Torie]

Mostly Hillsborough and Lake Counties. Not sure who that's good news for.

They should be pretty close to the mean average of the state I would think. Hillsborough is Tampa.

[Torie]

Mostly Hillsborough and Lake Counties. Not sure who that's good news for.

Aren't those areas considered Pro-Romney?

North = Romney bias
Central = no bias
South = McCan bias

[Torie]

What is this, like 2 precincts?  It's too early to tell.

Well I have been down this road before. Dollars to donuts those two precincts  are the one in each county into which all the absentee ballots are dumped, so what we know are the absentee totals of those who voted prior to today in Hillsborough and Lake Counties.

[Torie]

The Pasco and Pinellas County absentees have been counted. These two counties are supposed to be bellweathers. The results:

Pasco Mccain 31% Romney 29%
Pinellas McCain 31% Romney 26%

[Torie]

County results on the Republican side, according to CNN...

Huckabee is leading by 6% in Bradford County with 10% reporting.
Romney is leading by 6% in Columbia County with 4% reporting.
Romney is leading by 9% in Duval County with <1% reporting.
McCain is leading by 11% in Hillsborough County with <1% reporting.
McCain is leading by 1% in Manatee County with 5% reporting.
Romney is leading by 4% in Nassau County with 9% reporting.
McCain is leading by 2% in Pasco County with 20% reporting.
McCain is leading by 5% in Pinellas County with <1% reporting.
McCain is leading by 7% in St. Lucie County with 5% reporting.
Romney is leading by 9% in Suwannee County with 6% reporting.

That's all the counties with votes thus far.

I'm not Al, so I'll leave this to more knowledgeable sorts to see whether this means anything.

I think they are all absentee votes, and the precinct percentages are meaningless since the counties probably do it different ways. But if the today voters go the same as the absentees per the above, McCain will win.