Poll shows tight race between Allen West & Patrick Murphy in FL 49-48
In one of the most heated Congressional races in a state filled with contentious contests, with millions spent on airing negative ads that voters say won’t sway their view, the battle between conservative firebrand Rep. Allen West, R-Palm Beach Gardens, and Democratic upstart Patrick Murphy remains tight.
A Sunshine State News poll of 752 "Likely" voters conducted by Harrisburg, Pa.-based Voter Survey Service (VSS) gave a slight, 49 percent to 48 percent edge to West -- with just 3 percent remaining undecided entering the final weeks of the Congressional District 18 contest.
Jim Lee, president of VSS, called the so-far-$18.3 million contest “razor thin.” He nevertheless givers the overall edge to West because the district leans conservative and because President Obama is underperforming in the district compared to his 2008 results.
“It’s our understanding that other publicly released polling has been all over the lot on this race –- some showing Murphy leading, others showing West in the hunt, so this one seems to show the truth could be closer to a dead heat,” Lee wrote.
752 likely voters in the Northern Palm Beach County-Treasure Coast district poll conducted Oct. 16-17
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/in-middle-tick-tight-race-allen-west-fights-his-political-life
