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Poll: Obama barely holding lead over Romney in Florida
LATimed ^ | May 10,2012

Posted on 05/10/2012 5:21:26 AM PDT by PRePublic

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎ By Mitchell Landsberg Florida, the state that bequeathed Bush vs. Gore to the American political lexicon, is once again evenly divided in a presidential race, according to a new statewide poll.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fl; obama; romney
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1 posted on 05/10/2012 5:21:30 AM PDT by PRePublic
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To: PRePublic

In the 2nd inning of a ballgame, who is up by a run doesn’t matter really.

If it’s the 7th inning, and the opposition is up by a run, I worry, but one run is nothing.

The 9th inning and up by a run really depends on your offense and your pitcher.

We have the GOP-e on offense, and Romney’s the pitcher.

It’s enough to make a true conservative weep.


2 posted on 05/10/2012 5:27:05 AM PDT by xzins (Vote Goode not Evil (the lesser of 2 evils is still evil))
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To: PRePublic

That was before yesterday.

Don’t believe it is a split any more. Not for a minute.


3 posted on 05/10/2012 5:27:27 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: PRePublic

600 registered voters, 41% dumbocrats, 37% GOP, 23% no party.

Mrs. Prince of Space


4 posted on 05/10/2012 5:31:16 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Be Breitbart, baby!)
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To: PRePublic
Does anyone even bother to look at the internals?

The survey of 600 registered Florida voters was conducted by telephone from May 6-8. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

This is a junk poll, designed to fit a predetermined outcome.

5 posted on 05/10/2012 5:32:11 AM PDT by engrpat (A village in Kenya is missing their idiot...lets send him back)
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To: Prince of Space

That is an absurd breakdown. A state that swept Deomocrats out at every level 18 months ago is give a 4% edge to democrats in the poll. Romney is up in Florida by a large margin based on this data.


6 posted on 05/10/2012 5:34:20 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: engrpat
This is a junk poll, designed to fit a predetermined outcome.

Yes, it is.

The Republicans should pay their own house pollster to publish an equivalently absurd poll.

7 posted on 05/10/2012 5:39:15 AM PDT by snowsislander (Please, America, no more dog-eating Kenyan cokeheads in the Oval Office.)
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Just curious: why is it that everytime an unfavorable poll is posted, it is immediately disregarded as junk? The only think junk about it is the fact that 6 months is an eternity and who knows what the results will be after Labor Day, debates, etc.?


8 posted on 05/10/2012 5:44:21 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: Prince of Space

Also they used registered voters, not likely voters. Given what happened on Tuesday and yesterday afternoon, I bet that Romney has a 15 point lead now in FL.


9 posted on 05/10/2012 5:49:36 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: xzins

Whats enough to make a guy weep is the fact that the only thing worse than Robama losing is Robama winning.


10 posted on 05/10/2012 5:51:19 AM PDT by myself6
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To: TMA62

I doubt it. I don’t see there being that many single issue voters that are going to base their vote against gay marriage. I think Romney probably gets a small bump, but the issue will likely be inconsequential 6 months from now. With the economy still in the toilet, Israel/Iran, gas prices, and Europe, I really don’t see this election hinging on gay marriage.


11 posted on 05/10/2012 5:53:01 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: PRePublic

My guess is if something was done to stop those damn New York City SNOWBIRDS from voting in the New York AND Flrodai elections, Romey would blow away Obama in FLorida.

But STILL, WHY is this so DAMN CLOSE??? It should be a no-brainer!!!


12 posted on 05/10/2012 5:54:28 AM PDT by ZULU (Non Nobis Domine Non Nobis Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam.)
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Honest to god, do only the stupidest New Yorkers move to Florida. I know there are a few good ones, but you have to be stone cold stupid to continue to support Obama at this point.


13 posted on 05/10/2012 5:55:39 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: ZULU

Beat me by a minute.


14 posted on 05/10/2012 5:56:26 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: myself6

Amen, M6.

The funny thing is all these anti-gay marriage republicans who are ignoring that Romney is solidly on the side of gay marriage and gay unions. He signed the first gay marriage legislation in the country when he could have AT LEAST vetoed it.

And he’s made numerous claims of support for the gay agenda over the years.

Why are they railing against Obama on this?


15 posted on 05/10/2012 5:57:23 AM PDT by xzins (Vote Goode not Evil (the lesser of 2 evils is still evil))
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

Good point.

Ozero is going to lose some of his black support in Fl over that stance. I was with a black dem elected official yesterday and his commentary was quite out of sync with Ozero’s stance on a wide number of issues and that was before he began speaking of the affects of God in his life.
Frankly, I’d rather see this guy in office than some of the RINOs we have now. Many in the black community do not support Ozero’s fag agenda and this may come to hurt him at the polls in Nov. Even if they don’t vote, every non vote for Ozero is a half vote for Rombama.


16 posted on 05/10/2012 5:58:39 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: All

I have conducted a poll and the “results” are:

Obama- 112%
Romney- 0%
Other- 3%

How can I get it published?


17 posted on 05/10/2012 5:59:20 AM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: wolfman23601

I’m not pinning my analysis on the gay marriage exclusively. The voting trends on Tuesday, the ecomonic conditions and issues and the skewness of the poll makes me beleive that it is not a dead heat in these battleground states. The MSM wants people to think that way and that is why they did this poll.


18 posted on 05/10/2012 5:59:47 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: PRePublic

Registered voters, not likely voters. Look at the sampling.

This is a junk science poll designed to give the answer the pollster wanted.

Romney is winning in Florida is what this poll really says.


19 posted on 05/10/2012 6:00:48 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (wwwOh ...now I see..dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: xzins

I surveyed our household this morning and 66% planned to vote for Romney. My dog is an adult but expressed no preference of either candidate, even when informed about Obama’s dietary choices. I considered him “undecided”.


20 posted on 05/10/2012 6:05:48 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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