[newfreep]

Yikes! What happened to W's lead in FL? The link indicates latest poll has kerry up by 1 pt. Is this the start of 'rat fraud?

[Ravi]

That one point lead is Rasmussen's premium member tracking poll of Florida. So take that with a grain of salt. One day Bush is ahead one in Florida then the next day Kerry and so on. All this during and after the hurricanes. I put more stock in the Gallup and Quinnipiac late last week which had a slightly bigger spread for Bush in Florida.

[StarFan]

I too saw Bush ahead of Kerry by a larger margin in Florida. Some of the State polls don't reflect what I've seen or heard on foxnews and other outlets so I'm assuming (and hoping) they're behind in gathering info.

[KC_Conspirator]

I would take all these polls in FL with a grain of salt with so many people affected by the hurricanes.

[demlosers]

Not to worry, Kerry is losing Florida.

Bush is up in Florida according to these polls. Gallup: +3, 22 Sep; Quinnipiac +8, 21 Sep; SurveyUSA +6, 14 Sep.

Only ARG (D) poll has Kerry +1, 20 Sep.

[SunkenCiv]

The polling data is drawn from different polls, and updated each day. Sooo, it all depends on who gets asked. A friend on another forum said he got polled by phone for about fifteen minutes, stated his support for Bush as needed, and the next day there was a 2 per cent change in favor of Bush (my friend took credit for it, just foolin' around). The internal, private polls commissioned by each campaign are telling a much less volatile and much more accurate story, but we won't get to see those until after the election (if then). The whisper off the record must be out there, must have been for three weeks or so, as the media wing of the Democratic party started to rant and rave anew at that time.

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent