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The Blog for Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Poll: Gallagher Leads Crist (Within MOE)

    Gallagher is actually "ahead" in the most recent poll (Quinnipiac University Polling Institute taken between Aug. 23-29):
    Attorney General Charlie Crist and Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher are statistically even in their bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination [39 percent backed Gallagher compared to 36 percent for Crist] while U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson would defeat U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris in 2006 if that election were held today, a new poll shows.

    In a survey of 1,187 registered Florida voters taken between Aug. 23-29 by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 57 percent said they favored Democrat Nelson in the Senate race to 33 percent for Harris, who is the only declared Republican in that race. The sample included a margin of error of plus and/or minus 2.8 percentage points. ...

    U.S. Rep. Jim Davis of Tampa received the backing of 19 percent, compared to 16 percent for former state Democratic Party Chairman Scott Maddox of Tallahassee and 11 percent for state Sen. Rod Smith of Alachua. [Half of the Democrats surveyed said they leaned to "don't know" in their party's gubernatorial contest.
    "Poll shows tight GOP gubernatorial race; Sen. Nelson widens lead". See also "Poll shows tight GOP gubernatorial race". Same AP story, but different headline "Poll says U.S. Sen. Nelson would easily defeat Harris in re-election bid".

    While within the MOE, the GOoPer primary numbers are particularly interesting because "it was a change from Quinnipiac's late June survey that showed Crist with 43 percent to Gallagher's 31 percent."

    Perhaps the U.S. Senate seat numbers will rekindle the GOoPer anybody but Harris frenzy

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