Posted at 5:36 a.m., Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Clinton expands lead over Obama in Florida poll
Associated Press
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Florida.THE NUMBERS — DEMOCRATS
Hillary Rodham Clinton 43 percent
Barack Obama 13 percent
Al Gore 11 percent
John Edwards 8 percent
(all other candidates below 5 percent)
THE NUMBERS — REPUBLICANS
Rudy Giuliani 26 percent
Fred Thompson 19 percent
John McCain 11 percent
Mitt Romney 9 percent
Newt Gingrich 6 percent
(all other candidates below 5 percent)
OF INTEREST:
In Florida, whose presidential primary scheduled for January will be the first by a large state, Clinton is viewed unfavorably by 42 percent of the voters, a small improvement from the 47 percent with negative views of her in June. Her lead over Obama has widened slightly. The only Republican close to Clinton's unfavorable status is McCain, at 39 percent. The top three GOP contenders have held about steady in the state since June.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted July 30 to Aug. 6 and involved telephone interviews with 962 Florida voters, and had an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for both the 380 Democratic voters and the 366 Republican voters questioned was plus or minus 5 percentage points.
On the Net:
Quinnipiac University poll results: http://www.quinnipiac.edu
