FL poll: Huck surges, Fred falls
Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:14 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro
Check out these new Florida numbers -- before the GOP debate there tomorrow -- showing Huckabee climbing to second place there and Fred Thompson dropping into single digits. Giuliani retains the top spot at 26% in the Insider Advantage/Majority Opinion poll; Huckabee is second at 17%; McCain is third at 13%; Romney is fourth at 12%; and Thompson is fifth at just 9%.
Huckabee picked up 11 percentage points and Thompson dropped 10 from the same poll a month and a half ago. Huckabee and Thompson are largely going after the same voting bloc -- Christian conservatives -- and Thompson has touted his potential geographic advantage in the South. Giuliani has led in Florida polling, but Thompson has been locked in a tie, if not in first, in South Carolina. But it will be interesting too see where he will be when newer polling comes out.
Romney dropped four points -- slightly outside the 3.8% margin of error -- from the last poll and McCain saw a three-point boost.
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Insider Advantage/Maj. Opinion |
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11/26 |
10/3 |
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Giuliani |
26 |
29 |
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Huckabee |
17 |
6 |
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McCain |
13 |
10 |
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Romney |
12 |
16 |
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Thompson |
9 |
19 |
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+/- 3.8 %, 675 Republicans |
