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FL Primary 2008 (D): Hillary 43%, Obama 21%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is the preferred 2008 United States presidential hopeful for Democratic Party supporters in Florida, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. 43 per cent of respondents in the Sunshine State would vote for the New York senator in January’s primary.
Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 21 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 19 per cent, Delaware senator Joe Biden with three per cent, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson with two per cent, Connecticut senator Chris Dodd also with two per cent, and Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich with one per cent.
In a survey by Strategic Vision, Rodham Clinton is first with 48 per cent, followed by Obama with 31 per cent. The remaining contenders are in single digits.
In 2004, Massachusetts senator John Kerry won the Democratic Florida primary with 77 per cent of the vote.
The Democratic presidential primary in Florida is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2008.
Polling Data
U.S. Presidential Election 2008 - Florida Democratic Primary
Contenders (in alphabetical order): Joe Biden (JB), Chris Dodd (CD), John Edwards (JE), Mike Gravel (MG), Dennis Kucinich (DK), Barack Obama (BO), Bill Richardson (BR), Hillary Rodham Clinton (HC).
|
HC |
BO |
JE |
BR |
JB |
DK |
CD |
MG |
|
| (9) Quinnipiac University | 43% | 21% | 19% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | -- |
| (8) Strategic Vision | 48% | 31% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 1% | n.a. |
| (7) SurveyUSA | 45% | 17% | 14% | n.a. | n.a. | 5% | n.a. | n.a. |
| (6) Rasmussen Reports | 45% | 17% | 14% | n.a. | n.a. | 5% | n.a. | n.a. |
| (5) SurveyUSA | 54% | 24% | 13% | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| (4) Quinnipiac University | 53% | 17% | 7% | 1% | 2% | 1% | -- | -- |
| (3) Rasmussen Reports | 42% | 17% | 16% | 2% | 3% | 4% | -- | 6% |
|
(2) Mason-Dixon |
42% |
15% |
12% |
7% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
-- |
|
(1) Strategic Vision |
47% |
27% |
8% |
4% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
-- |
Methodology and Sources:
(9) Quinnipiac University (397 likely Democratic primary voters, Dec. 12-18, 2007, 4.9 MofE)
(8) Strategic Vision (468 likely Democratic primary voters, Dec. 14-16, 2007, 4.5 MofE)
(7) SurveyUSA (495 likely Democratic primary voters, Dec. 15-16, 2007, 4.5 MofE)
(6) Rasmussen Reports (725 likely Democratic primary voters, Dec. 13, 2007, 4.0 MofE)
(5) SurveyUSA (503 likely Republican primary voters, Dec. 2-3, 2007, 4.4 MofE)
(4) Quinnipiac University (424 registered Democratic voters, Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 2007, 4.7 MofE)
(3) Rasmussen Reports (529 likely Democratic primary voters, Nov. 18, 2007, 4.5 MofE)
(2) Mason-Dixon (304 likely Democratic primary voters, Nov. 12-14, 2007, 6.0 MofE)
(1) Strategic Vision (600 likely Democratic primary voters, Nov. 9-11, 2007, 4.0 MofE)