PPP Florida Poll: Obama 50%, McCain 48%

[Hope And Change]

Monday, November 3, 2008

Florida Results

Barack Obama 50
John McCain 48

Over half of those who plan to vote in Florida this fall already have, and among those voters Barack Obama has built up a a 56-43 lead. That leaves John McCain playing catch up if he hopes to take the state on election day- he has a 54-42 lead among those folks planning to vote Tuesday, but the big question is whether they will really turn out.

Obama's lead in the state comes on the strength of a 57-36 lead with independent voters and a 55-42 advantage with Hispanics. He's also got his customary strong support from black (93-6) and young (63-34) voters.

He is not particularly competitive with the white vote, where McCain has a 57-41 lead, but his strong minority support looks like it might be enough to put him over the top in Florida.


Full results here:

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_Florida_1103626.pdf

[ginnyinWI]

1. I really hope Florida goes for Obama.

I was just there on vacation and have been reading their papers and talking to some of the people. My in-laws are there- former moderate Republicans who voted for Kerry last time. This time they are even more excited about voting in a Democrat and voted early for Obama a week ago. They are the same age and older than McCain and still don't like him. What decided it for them was when he picked Palin, who they see as an absolute joke.

To them, voting for McCain would have felt like willingly voting for another diaster. But she has a sister and brother-in-law who get all the emails and spout all the falsehoods about Obama and will be voting for McCain. So I know it will be close in Florida.