BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Democrats are out-voting Republicans across Palm Beach County. Boca Raton is a different story.
Republicans have cast more early in-person ballots than Democrats at all five Boca Raton early voting sites, according to Supervisor of Elections figures updated at 3:40 p.m. Friday. Combined, the five sites have drawn 33,413 voters: 13,321 Republicans, 11,102 Democrats, 7,959 voters with no party affiliation and 1,031 from other parties.
The widest gap is at the Boca Raton Downtown Library, where Republicans lead 3,069 to 1,874. Glades Road is nearly even. Here’s the site-by-site breakdown:
- West Boca Branch Library, 18685 State Road 7: 7,775 total (Republican 2,986, Democratic 2,695, NPA 1,887, Other 207)
- Spanish River Library, 1501 NW Spanish River Blvd.: 7,134 total (Republican 2,708, Democratic 2,426, NPA 1,769, Other 231)
- Glades Road Branch Library, 20701 95th Ave. S: 6,924 total (Republican 2,559, Democratic 2,519, NPA 1,634, Other 212)
- Boca Raton Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave.: 6,688 total (Republican 3,069, Democratic 1,874, NPA 1,513, Other 232)
- Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail: 4,892 total (Republican 1,999, Democratic 1,588, NPA 1,156, Other 149)
Countywide, 313,019 of 889,577 active eligible voters have cast ballots. That’s an unofficial turnout of 35.19 percent with Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, still four days out. Early in-person voting accounts for 171,122 ballots and mail voting for 141,897.
Democrats have cast 144,082 ballots, about 46 percent of the total. Republicans have cast 95,645 (30.6 percent) and no-party voters 63,999 (20.4 percent). Mail ballots drive most of the Democratic lead, 74,726 to 35,581. In early in-person voting countywide, Democrats lead 69,356 to 60,064.
The Lantana Road Branch Library is the county’s busiest early voting site with 13,581 voters, and Democrats outnumber Republicans there better than two to one, 6,965 to 3,294. The Gardens Branch Library is second at 11,965, with Republicans ahead 5,284 to 3,836. Wellington Branch Library follows at 10,739, where Republicans hold a narrow 4,088 to 3,908 edge.
Heading to Delray/Boynton: Democrats lead at the Hagen Ranch Road Library, 4,300 to 3,332, out of 10,084 voters, and at the Delray Beach Community Center, 2,988 to 2,184, out of 6,741. The Dr. Andre Fladell Civic Center on Jog Road is essentially tied: 2,150 Democrats, 2,143 Republicans.
Thursday was the busiest early voting day so far, with 17,743 people voting in person countywide. By mid-afternoon Friday, 15,408 more had turned out.
At the precinct level, the 48 precincts with Boca Raton polling places show 30,948 ballots cast from 86,103 eligible voters, about 35.9 percent. Precinct 8836, which votes at Hammock Pointe Elementary, leads Boca with 51.2 percent turnout, followed by Precinct 8921 at Whisper Walk Section E (47.5 percent), Precinct 1720 at the Greater Boca Raton Swim & Racquet Center (46.3 percent) and Precinct 1719 at the Marine Safety Headquarters on North Ocean Boulevard (46.1 percent).
The lowest is Precinct 1716 at the FAU Arena lobby. Just 76 of its 381 eligible voters, 19.9 percent, have cast ballots.
All figures are unofficial and come from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections live turnout tracker just before 4 p.m. on Friday.
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