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1 point race in Florida
PPP's newest Florida poll finds Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 49/48, flipping the numbers from each of our last two polls of the state which found Romney leading by a point. Every poll PPP has conducted in the state since the first Presidential debate has found a one point race.
Obama's leading in Florida based on his strength with women (54/45), African Americans (89/10), and voters under 30 (55/39). Romney is strong with men (53/43), whites (57/39), and seniors (53/46). Romney also has narrow advantages with Hispanics (54/46) and independents (50/43).
Floridians actually trust Romney over Obama to deal both with the economy (50/46) and foreign policy (49/48) so something else is driving Obama's razor thin lead in the state. When asked to consider who won the debates as a whole voters pick Romney by a 47/46 margin, indicating that Obama's wins in the last two debates mostly made up for his overwhelming loss in the first one.
In Florida's Senate race incumbent Bill Nelson looks to have a pretty commanding lead heading into the final week of the campaign, 50/42 over Republican foe Connie Mack IV. Nelson's approval rating is on positive ground for the first time in quite a while at 44/41. Mack continues to be quite an unpopular candidate with only 36% of voters rating him favorably to 46% with a negative one. Nelson is winning independent voters 51/36 even as Obama is simultaneously losing them, and he's also taking 17% of the Republican vote.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/10/1-point-race-in-florida.html
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Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)ItsTheMediaStupid
(2,800 posts)If it's that close, Obama is getting almost 100% of the non-Cuban Latinos in FLA
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Tutonic
(2,522 posts)These polls notoriously undercount hispanic voters.
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(85,992 posts)George Katona
(52 posts)While they won't be counting "hanging chads" this year, the electronic voting machines scare me as it seems open to potential corruption.