Voters across Florida, the battleground state that could tip this year's elections, streamed to the polls on the final day of early voting ahead of Tuesday's election. Spurred on by the frenzied campaign put on by both major candidates, nearly half of Florida's 12.9 million registered voters had already cast ballots even before the final push that came on Sunday.
Here are the number of voters and early voters in the Tampa Bay area, by county.
Hillsborough County
Total Voters: 849,843
Early Voters: 419,203
Republican Early Voters: 147,964
Democrat Early Voters: 176,200
Pinellas County
Total Voters: 648,770
Early Voters: 313,641
Republican Early Voters: 120,587
Democrat Early Voters: 120,943
Pasco County
Total Voters: 336,689
Early Voters: 142,362
Republican Early Voters: 61,306
Democrat Early Voters: 47,977
Hernando County
Total Voters: 130,639
Early Voters: 58,608
Republican Early Voters: 26,528
Democrat Early Voters: 20,152
Citrus County
Total Voters: 105,672
Early Voters: 53,431
Republican Early Voters: 27,471
Democrat Early Voters: 15,379
Polk County
Total Voters: 407,647
Early Voters: 168,543
Republican Early Voters: 66,828
Democrat Early Voters: 65,804
Highlands County
Total Voters: 61,603
Early Voters: 29,854
Republican Early Voters: 15,171
Democrat Early Voters: 9,644
Manatee County
Total Voters: 231,056
Early Voters: 112,203
Republican Early Voters: 52,853
Democrat Early Voters: 35,708
Sarasota County
Total Voters: 302,487
Early Voters: 79,823
Republican Early Voters: 36,638
Democrat Early Voters: 24,459
TOTAL
Total Voters in Tampa Bay area: 3,074,406
Early Voters in Tampa Bay area: 1,377,668
Republican Early Voters: 555,346
Democrat Early Voters: 516,266
44.8% of registered voters in 9 bay area counties have voted early or by mail.
The following counties have not reported early voting data:
Hardee County
Total Voters: 11,723
DeSoto County
Total Voters: 15,913
