Poll: Nelson favored over Harris for Senate

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Jun. 30, 2005

Poll: Nelson favored over Harris for Senate

BY MARY ELLEN KLAS
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TALLAHASSEE - Republican Party doubts about the statewide appeal of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris appear to be borne out by an independent poll Wednesday that shows if the 2006 U.S. Senate race were held today, she would be trounced by Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson.

The poll, by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University, shows that Harris carries so much baggage from the disputed 2000 presidential recount that 37 percent of Florida voters are less likely to vote for her because of it.

Nelson, the five-year incumbent Democrat, defeats Harris by a 50-38 percent margin, according to the poll of 1,248 Florida registered voters taken June 22 through Sunday.

Harris was Florida secretary of state in 2000 and used her discretion to halt the ballot recounting. She now fares predictably poorly among Democrats -- 58 percent of whom told pollsters they don't support her -- but she also is disliked by registered independents, 39 percent of whom said they're less likely to support her because of her role in the 2000 race. ''Florida voters have not forgotten that Katherine Harris, when she was secretary of state, shut down the recount on the 2000 presidential vote,'' said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Despite her negatives, Harris remains the Republicans' strongest candidate in the race to unseat Nelson, the last Democrat standing in statewide office in Florida.
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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/12023241.htm
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[prodigal_green]

1. pshaw

as if actual votes make any difference in Florida politics!

(not slamming Floridians, just the crooks who run the elections)

[rzemanfl]

2. Votes don't count in Florida. The people who count the votes

do.

[Dave Reynolds]

3. Flash-forward to 2006,

"Exit polls? They mean nothing. Congratulations, Ms. Harris!"

[tallahasseedem]

4. There is no way that woman can win...

I swear she is the devil. I just contributed to his campaign today, us Floridians have to get the ball rolling already.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

from yesterday morning

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1590906