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Harris in ‘striking distance’ of Trump in Florida, pollster says
The Hill ^ | 08/13/2024 | Tara Suter

Posted on 08/13/2024 1:00:21 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Vice President Harris is nipping at former President Trump’s heels in his home state of Florida, a pollster from Suffolk University says after a new Sunshine State survey.

The USA Today/Suffolk University/WSVN-TV poll found Harris just 5 points behind Trump among likely Florida voters, 42 percent to 47 percent, just outside the poll’s margin of error.

Florida has a million more registered Republicans than Democrats, and Trump won the state in both 2016 and 2020.

“Given those circumstances, I was surprised that Harris is within striking distance, being only 5 points down,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, told USA Today in a Tuesday report.

Among Florida independents, the vice president leads the former president with 41 percent support to 34 percent, with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. taking 10 percent.

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To: ChicagoConservative27

FOLLOW THE MONEY. Everything else if bullsheet. If wherever the BIG MONEY is spent is where things are competitive FOR EITHER party!


21 posted on 08/13/2024 1:16:17 PM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: ChicagoConservative27

LOL I’ve never seen such a manure spreading campaign like the blizzard of bull-— we’re seeing now about Harris.


22 posted on 08/13/2024 1:16:45 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Indeed


23 posted on 08/13/2024 1:17:33 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Oh, but we have our own Freepers who want Trump to lose so badly they delude themselves into believing a poll like this one, and would rather see the country go down in flames to prove themselves somehow right.


24 posted on 08/13/2024 1:18:17 PM PDT by rlmorel (J.D. Vance and The Legend of The MaMaw of The 19 Loaded Guns!)
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To: Sir_Humphrey


25 posted on 08/13/2024 1:18:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“The GOP has a 1 million voter advantage in Florida..so they can forget about it..Florida is a safe red state.”

This!

Even if not every R loves Trump - and most do - I’d say it would be nearly impossible for democrats to overcome the registration advantage the GOP has in Florida.


26 posted on 08/13/2024 1:20:28 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah...this is one poll I defiantly don’t believe.

DeSantis has basically put on a six year seminar on how you turn a purple state red......and boy is it red.

I saw he just passed another bill recently that made it a felony to have possession of two ballots at one time....

This is how you destroy the democrat fraud based “ground game”...by doing things like this...and then putting the teeth behind it.


27 posted on 08/13/2024 1:21:09 PM PDT by suasponte137
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To: Sir_Humphrey
There are some polls that are historically better than others.

ANYONE, who believes the statement Kamamama is within a few points of winning Florida is in la-la land.

Go ahead, say it's only because we only roll with polls we don't like the results of.

Or maybe you should admit the headline is absurd.

28 posted on 08/13/2024 1:21:12 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: joshua c
Perhaps the fraud protection should have included “ no county reports election results until Dade & Broward counties report their results”.

Don’t give them any opportunities to “find” uncounted ballots.

29 posted on 08/13/2024 1:21:49 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t believe this poll anymore than polls that have PDJT gliding to victory. I don’t know what happened, but polls have gotten worse and worse as predictors it seems.


30 posted on 08/13/2024 1:23:56 PM PDT by CrazyCatChick (DEATH POKE!)
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To: PGalt

Yep. I’ve decided now to ignore polls. They’re nothing but attempts by the media to promote Cackling Kamala. What they did in 2020 for Biden was bad enough, but Harris is just plain stupid and incompetent. It’s just hard for me to accept that non Democrats will vote to make the economy even worse.


31 posted on 08/13/2024 1:24:46 PM PDT by Tammy60
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Her IDIOCRACY mentality will show soon.


32 posted on 08/13/2024 1:25:34 PM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: Sir_Humphrey
Did we believe the polls that said Hillary would win? Most here did believe those polls.

Then again, plenty of people pointed out that polls are not particularly reliable and are prone to being used as influence instead of reflecting reality.

I don't care what this poll says when you consider the actual Republican vs dem registered voters in Florida. It's very easy to dismiss this poll when you look at the overall situation without even bothering to address the internals of said poll.

33 posted on 08/13/2024 1:26:42 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She says she is ready


34 posted on 08/13/2024 1:27:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I saw some local Miami media coverage of this...total bias for the left.

What do their internals say? What didn’t they mention in the “newscast”?

1. Trump is winning young voters. 44-40
2. Trump is getting 50% support among Hispanics.
3. 53% of the Democrats polled say the country is moving in the right direction!


35 posted on 08/13/2024 1:29:10 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Magnum44

Correct. Their base is sitting on their hands. They are in full blown panic mode since Trump destroyed the big lie Biden was cognitive.


36 posted on 08/13/2024 1:32:21 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What is the latest poll on Florida (R) Senator Rick Scott?

Rick Scott won by a fraction of 1% in 2018.

Also, Ted Cruz was within the margin of error in Texas about a month ago.

Any improvement for Cruz?

Thank you!


37 posted on 08/13/2024 1:33:10 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The media gaslighting for Harris is going to be nonstop until Election Day. It’s going to drive some around here totally crazy!


38 posted on 08/13/2024 1:34:38 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: rlmorel

Panty wadded pearl clutchers that believe everything the fake news tell them.

“Mean tweets” has become “name calling”.


39 posted on 08/13/2024 1:35:32 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Clay Bevis and Cuck Butthead are panty wadded, pearl clutching cowards. Rush deserves better.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rats 48% Republicans 27%
Adults (not likely voters)


40 posted on 08/13/2024 1:36:23 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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