states, and washington, d.c. here is a shot of sterling, virginia right there. cnn has reporters in many of the key battleground states all across the country. so let s begin with rosa flores, live in florida, home of the two most contentious races in the country. what are you seeing? reporter: good morning. i just talked to a voter x a, a that voter said if you don t vote today, you can t complain later. very wise words. take a look behind me because these polls have been open for just over an hour. we have seen an engaged elector rat here in florida. we have more than 13 million registered voters and more than 5 million have already voted. that s more than 38%. but the breakdown by party is nail biting. take a look at these numbers of those early voters. 40.1% are republican, 40.5% are democrat.