Posted on 02/04/2008 7:21:56 AM PST by pissant
Sen. John McCain is poised for a landslide victory in New York's Republican presidential primary, based on a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Monday.
McCain, R-Ariz., widened his lead over former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., by eight percentage points in a single day.
McCain drew 53 percent support in the latest poll, compared to 19 percent for Romney, a gap of 34 points. McCain had led 49 to 23 percent in Sunday's tracking poll, a margin of 26 points.
New York's Republican primary will be held on Tuesday. The third major candidate, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., received 8 percent support both days.
The survey released Monday was conducted Feb. 1-3 by Zogby International, a Utica polling firm. Zogby interviewed 883 New York Republicans, resulting in a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll did not extend to the Democratic primary, where home-state Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is expected to easily defeat Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
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This is very frightening.
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