Clinton Leads in New Florida Poll (Mason-Dixon)

[rinsd]

From NBC's Mark Murray

A new Florida polls shows Clinton with a double-digit lead over her closest Democratic competitor, while Giuliani and Fred Thompson are running neck and neck in the state's GOP contest. According to the survey, which was conducted by Mason-Dixon, Clinton leads among likely Democratic primary voters at 31% -- followed by Obama at 17%, and Edwards at 12%. No other Democratic hopeful registers at more than 4%.

Meanwhile, in the GOP race, Giuliani is the choice of 21% of likely Republican primary voters. Thompson comes in second at 18%, McCain's at 11%, and Romney is at 7%. The margin of error in both polls is plus-minus 5%.

Strikingly, 34% of Florida GOP primary voters say they're undecided (which easily tops Giuliani's 21%), while 30% of Democratic voters say the same thing.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/27/294438.aspx

Still alot of undecideds in FL.

[beastieboy]

1. Wonder how she fares agains the GOP.

Just curious if there are specific state by state polls of her vs GOP. If she could take Florida, it's all over but the crying.

[rinsd]

4. I think Quinnipiac is the only one to do head to head in FL.

This was published July 23rd.

"If New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg runs for President as an independent candidate, it helps Democrats in Florida, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. In a two- way race, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani edges New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 46 - 44 percent. With Bloomberg in the mix, taking 9 percent, Clinton inches past Giuliani 41 - 39 percent, giving the Democrat her best shot so far at Florida's crucial 27 electoral votes.

In a matchup of second place contenders, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama tops former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson 42 - 39 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. In a three-way race, Obama doubles his lead over Thompson to 38 - 32 percent, with 14 percent for Bloomberg.

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In other general election match-ups, Clinton defeats Thompson 48 - 39 percent and tops Arizona Sen. John McCain 46 - 40 percent. Obama defeats McCain 42 - 38 percent and loses to Giuliani 47 - 39 percent. McCain also loses 45 - 41 percent to former Vice President Al Gore, who defeats Thompson 47 - 39 percent and loses to Giuliani 48 - 42 percent.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1085

[Colobo]

2. 30% undecided Dems over here? Jeez!

[rinsd]

3. Yeah undecideds are pretty high (nt)

[democratsin08]

5. bandwagon

it continues to grow!!

[Broke Dad]

6. and the latest poll from Iowa . . . EDWARDS!

Research 2000/KCCI
7/26/2007

See poll details

A new poll from KCCI in Des Moines shows John Edwards and Mitt Romney leading their respective parties.

Edwards was tops among Dems, favored by 27 percent of respondents. He was followed by Hillary Clinton (22 percent), Barack Obama (16 percent) and Bill Richardson (11 percent). Clinton and Obama both saw their numbers drop by 6 percentage points compared to the same poll in May, while Richardson for a boost of 4 percentage points.

On the Republican side, Mitt Romney was favored by 25 percent of respondents, followed by Fred Thompson at 14 percent, Rudy Giuliani at 13 percent and John McCain at 10 percent. Romney saw his numbers jump by 9 percentage points since the May poll, while Giuliani dropped by 4 percentage points and McCain dropped by 8 percentage points.

The telephone poll of 600 likely voters was conducted July 23-25 by Research 2000 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

The more we see of Hillary in Iowa, the lower her poll numbers! The July poll is after she brought Bill to Iowa over the July 4th holiday to try to stop the bleeding . . . and she lost four points from her May poll numbers!

www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=101148

[draft_mario_cuomo]

7. Edwards within 5 of Obama...

Another poll showing the race for second place tightening...