Castor’s poll puts her first in party

[goobergunch]

Campaign releases details of survey

By BETTY PARKER, [e-mail]
Published by news-press.com on November 5, 2003

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The Castor poll, by Hamilton Beattie & Staff pollsters — who also polled for Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s successful campaign three years ago — was done in October with 700 registered Democrats who said they vote often and expect to next year.

The margin of error is plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

Asked which candidate they support or lean toward now for next year’s primary, 23 percent voted for Castor, the former education commissioner and former president of the University of South Florida.

U.S. Reps. Peter Deutsch of Fort Lauderdale and Alcee Hastings of Miramar each had 13 percent; Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas had 8 percent, and 32 percent were undecided.

U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd of North Florida, who dropped out of the race after the poll was done, had 11 percent.

http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/031105castor.html

[davidinalameda]

1. she'd make a great candidate

don't know if she could win against the Repuke candidate but you never know

[ringmastery]

2. this is good news

I think she's the only dem that can win.

The South Florida candidates will not play well in Central and North Florida.