Florida’s Democratic Party leader expressed confidence that independents and crossover voters will even out the advantage Republicans have racked up in ballots already cast in next week’s elections. Democrats have focused on abortion rights, high property insurance costs and culture-war issues that have emerged from Tallahassee, as they try to end a Republican supermajority in the Florida House, flip a Pinellas County congressional seat held by Republican Anna Paulina Luna and score an upset in the U.S. Senate race. “We're going to have a lot of surprises on Nov. 5 because people are frustrated with extremism,” Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried said during a conference call with reporters on Tuesday.