Palm Beach County Turnout Tops 191,000; Republicans Slightly Lead Early Voting in Boca

BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — More than 191,000 Palm Beach County voters have already cast ballots in the November 3 general election, according to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections. That’s 21.48 percent of the county’s 889,577 active eligible voters, with more than a week still to go.

According to statistics reviewed mid-day Sunday by BocaNewsNow.com, mail ballots make up the bulk. As of noon Sunday, 111,050 voters had returned mail ballots and 80,067 had voted in person at early voting sites.

Registered Democrats account for 93,040 of the ballots cast, nearly half the total. Republicans have cast 55,854, voters with no party affiliation 36,877, and voters registered with other parties 5,346.

The Democratic edge comes almost entirely from mail voting. Democrats have returned 59,599 mail ballots to 27,755 for Republicans. In person, the gap narrows sharply: 33,441 Democrats to 28,099 Republicans. Republicans are the only group that has cast more ballots at early voting sites than by mail.

In the Boca Raton area, Republicans are out-voting Democrats at the polls. Across five early voting sites — West Boca Branch Library, Spanish River Library, Boca Raton Downtown Library, Glades Road Branch Library and Sugar Sand Park Community Center — Republicans have cast 6,206 early ballots to 5,553 for Democrats. Glades Road is the only one of the five where Democrats lead.

West Boca Branch Library is the busiest of the group, with 3,790 voters. Spanish River follows at 3,370, Boca Raton Downtown at 3,234, Glades Road at 3,211 and Sugar Sand Park at 2,203. Just to the north, Hagen Ranch Road Library has drawn 5,437 early voters and Delray Beach Community Center 2,908.

Countywide, Lantana Road Branch Library leads all 28 early voting sites with 6,426 voters. Gardens Branch Library is second at 6,063, followed by Hagen Ranch Road and Wellington Branch Library at 5,010. Loula V. York Branch Library has seen just 160. Republicans lead in-person voting at 11 of the 28 sites, mostly in Boca Raton and the north county. At Jupiter Community Center, they hold a nearly two-to-one edge, 1,956 to 1,005.

The figures are unofficial and are updated by the Supervisor of Elections as ballots come in. Early voting locations and hours are posted on the Supervisor of Elections website. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.