Clinton's deficit in Ohio is shrinking, which Democrats attribute largely to momentum from her performance in the first presidential debate.

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Clinton's campaign is also pressuring Florida election officials to extend an Oct. 11 deadline to register to vote because of the disruption expected from Hurricane Matthew.

“Our hope would be that a little more time will be given,” Mook said. “We certainly expect that the governor and local officials will make that possible.”

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, had said Wednesday that the hurricane won't have an impact on voting, citing ample opportunities for early voting in the state.

Clinton’s campaign suspended election advertising on the Weather Channel in Florida on Thursday after Republican criticism that she was profiting from the Category 4 hurricane, which has prompted evacuation recommendations in Florida and other states.

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“Since the storm has clearly become very serious, we have asked the Weather Channel to roll back that buy until the storm is concluded,” Mook said. “We don’t think that the voters in Florida need this election to get mixed up in their efforts to get information on this storm.”

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Democrats are not likely to overtake Republicans in the number of people who vote by mail in Florida, but “are expecting to close that gap that they have historically had,” Mook claimed.

“Knowing that President Obama won the state in 2012 and knowing that we believe we will actually proportionally get more votes than he did through vote by mail, we think that's a very encouraging sign,” Mook said.

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The Republican National Committee claims a strong early showing in early voting in Florida, in keeping with a historic Republican advantage there, and disputes the notion that this year will somehow be different.

Both Democrats and Republicans are predicting success from a record mail-in vote in Florida this year. Mook noted that some 2.7 million Florida residents have requested to vote by mail, compared with about 1.8 million at the same time in 2012.

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He claimed that Democrats are now “winning” the daily by-party tabulation of mail-in ballot requests “on most days.” He claims an advantage for Democrats in a 77 percent increase among Hispanics in mail-in ballot requests.