Republican exposes ‘only thing that can save Democrats’ in midterms

Florida’s candidate for governor has urged Republicans to vote in droves for his bid to get re-elected as the head of the state after early voting was closed a day before Election Day on Tuesday. With more than 40 million ballots cast by Election Day, Marco Rubio believes the only way Democrats can now win is through turnout. Early voting usually favours the Democratic Party and with this year’s exceptionally high number of early votes, Republican voters could grow weary and not vote in the midterm elections, Marco Rubio warned.In a last-ditch bid to get Republicans to vote, he said the outcome of the election hinges on voters’ turnout: “The only thing that I believe can save Democrats here in Florida – up and down the ballot – is if Republicans decide to stay home because they see polling numbers and think it’s no longer competitive.”The Florida governor, running for his re-election told Fox News: “Early voting wrapped up today. We got a couple hurricanes impacting counties that will vote tomorrow. “Obviously, there are still mail-in ballots coming in. I feel great about the Republicans’ enthusiasm. We have to keep going. “As you know, there’s a large number of Republicans that prefer to vote in person on Election Day.” Marco Rubio claimed voters’ turnout will be decisive in the outcome of the midterm elections (Image: GETTY YOUTUBE/@FoxNews) Marco Rubio is seeking to get re-elected as Florida’s governor (Image: YOUTUBE/@FoxNews)Directly addressing Republican voters, Mr Rubio said: “Come out and vote if you haven’t already.”Four in ten US registered voters said they plan to vote before Election Day and have already voted in much higher numbers than they did in recent midterms. And those numbers could sway in Democrats’ favour as a majority of Democratic voters registered in key Senate races have already returned their ballots, early voting data shows. “If you look at some of these competitive senate races where we have party registration data, places like Pennsylvania and North Carolina and Arizona, you see a different story – you actually see a greater share of registered Democrats returning their mail ballots than Republicans,” election expert Michael McDonald told The Independent.READ MORE: Trump to officially launch his 2024 White House bid in next 24 hours Joe Biden could keep control of Congress if Democrats vote in droves, Marco Rubio says (Image: GETTY) Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been crisscrossing the country to get Democrats to vote (Image: GETTY)According to data collected by Professor McDonald across 23 states, close to 43 percent of registered Democrats have cast their ballots while Democrats’ turnout is at 34 percent.And in Pennsylvania, one the of the most closely watched and important races in the country, registered Democrats have returned 39.9 percent of requested mail ballots compared to 37.9 percent of Republicans.”Pennsylvania Democrats also have a lopsided advantage in mail ballot requests, so the sum of the request and return advantage translates into nearly a four-fold advantage for Democrats among returned mail ballots,” Prof McDonald wrote in an analysis.He added similiar trends are visible in other close Senate races like Arizona and North Carolina, where Democratic return rate outnumber Republicans by 10.3 percent to 9 percent, and 28.2 percent to 27.3 percent.DON’T MISS:Tomorrow Joe Biden will be offcially a lame duck and spat out by party [FORECAST]   Desperate Democrats put Meghan as top choice for 2024 White House run [REPORT]   GOP split on Trump’s 2024 chances as ex-POTUS takes aim at DeSantis [REPORT]    Donald Trump has held political rallies to energies the Republican base (Image: GETTY)Former presidential rivals – Joe Biden and Donald Trump – are each running political rallies in an attept to consolidate their voters’ support in one of the most polarised contests the country has ever seen. All eyes will be on the key races of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona where the eight Senate seats could swing control of the chamber one way or another. Democrats currently hold the slimmest of margins in controlling the 100-member Senate with 50 seats, but tight races threaten their majority – and the fate of the last two years of the Biden presidency.READ NEXT:’Trump in a dress’ Republican candidate soars in popularityMajority think attack on Pelosi’s home was NOT politically motivatedPelosi and Democrats to be swept in midterm ‘Republican tsunami”The numbers favour a massive Republican victory’Democrats lack ‘simple’ crime stance in New York