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Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| The Rasmussen poll is up. It looks at hypothetical general election matchups. Betty Castor leads Bill McCollum by three points and is even with Mel Martinez (Note that the margin of error is 4.5%). Against Peter Deutsch, McCollum leads by seven points and Martinez leads by eight. As expected, the Tallahassee Democrat has a sneak look at the Mason-Dixon poll for the Republican candidates. The paper states that Martinez is now in the lead against McCollum. Florida Senate Race: Castor Strongest Democrat (Rasmussen Reports)
Poll shows Martinez leading GOP race (Tallahassee Democrat) Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []5:03:55 PM  trackback []
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Some details gleaned from the full poll: Betty Castor gained eight points from the last poll, Peter Deutsch gained ten points, and Penelas lost a point. The number of undecided was cut by more than half. Their is quite a gender gapp. Among men, Castor holds only a four point lead, among women, she leads by twenty-one points. Castor had the best recognition numbers as 90% of voters recognized her name, 52% in a positive manner. Deutsch has 83% recognition, 37 % favorably (the have similar unfavorable recognition). Castor holds 25 to 30 point leads over Deutsch in all regions of Florida, except for South Florida. There, Deutsch holds a 19 point lead (that's also where has his strongest support at 14%). The Republican half of the poll is scheduled to be released tomorrow (although, we may once again get a sneak look from the Tallahassee Democrat). Also, Rasmussen has scheduled a release of his poll for 3:00 PM today. I'll post details / results as they become available Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []1:01:34 PM trackback []
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| The top story in the race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat comes from the Democratic side as a new Mason-Dixon poll was released yesterday. It shows Betty Castor leading the field at 45%, Peter Deutsch in second at 31%, and Alex Penelas at 9%. Only 14% of voters are undecided. The articles point out that Deutsch's support is strongest among the black community, and that if he could pull in their undecided and get them out to vote in strong numbers, then he might have a chance. Otherwise, Betty Castor will win. A poll for the Republican field comes out today. Castor leads other Democrats in poll (Tallahassee Democrat)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Castor leads by wide gap in state poll (Tampa Tribune) Attacks fail to shake Castor (Miami Herald) Poll shows Castor still leads pack (News-Press) On the Republican side, the Mel Martinez and Bill McCollum feud continues. After the Martinez campaign unleashed some prominent conservative supporters of his against McCollum, retired Senator Connie Mack (and McCollum supporter) Connie Mack released a letter denouncing the attacks. Candidate Doug Gallagher has apparently sided with McCollum on the matter, and has a released an and that solely attacks Martinez (after a previous ad that attacked both Martinez and McCollum). The Friday night debate (which Martinez will attend instead of going to a Bush rally) will be quite interesting. Martinez rejects rally with President (Orlando Sentinel)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mack accuses Martinez of 'mean-spirited' attack (St Petersburg Times) Gallagher enters GOP fracas (Miami Herald) Mack rips Martinez over hate speech (Palm Beach Post) In the rest of the news... The Democratic candidates have a televised debate today. 3 Senate Hopefuls Will Debate on TV (The Ledger)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doug Gallagher has ponied up another $650,000 to spend on advertisements until election Day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mel Martinez was in Gainesville yesterday and the Associated Press has a biographical article on him. Martinez stumps in Gainesville (Gainesville Sun)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Martinez touts his diverse experience, compassion (Tallahassee Democrat) Betty Castor has the 'win psychology' and is planning for the general election. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Palm Beach Post looks at how the Deutsch and Castor campaigns use the Internet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, the Post looks at Peter Deutsch seeking the Puerto Rican vote Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []8:59:26 AM trackback []
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| I swear tomorrow's news update will be more timely. Unless something happens or something like that. After going much of the primary season touting Mel Martinez as the most electable candidate, the Martinez campaign is now going after McCollum for 'not being conservative enough'. (For those interested, McCollum had a liftetime American Conservative Union rating of 89 when he retired from the House). Calls bolster Martinez as conservative (Florida Times-Union)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Martinez calls McCollum antifamily (Tampa Tribune) Attacks intensify as primary nears (St Petersburg Times, this article also looks at the Democratic side of the race) Mack accuses Martinez campaign of mean-spirited attack (Herald-Tribune) Martinez makes his pitch for Christian Right support (Palm Beach Post) Conservatives attack McCollum on social issues (Orlando Sentinel) Breaking on the Democratic side: Betty Castor leads by 14 points in a new Mason-Dixon poll ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Betty Castor and Peter Deutsch continue to squabble over their latest ads Attacks add up in U.S. Senate race (Orlando Sentinel)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Deutsch, Castor trade shots over TV ads, USF professor (Palm Beach Post) The Miami Herald analyzes the two ads. Interestingly, Bob Graham did not approve his image to be used in the Castor ad ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Democratic candidates have a televised debate on Thursday ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Herald-Tribune looks at the Republican side of the race ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Palm Beach Post looks at how Deutsch and Castor campaign on the issue of Health Care ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Miami Herald looks at the abortion issue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tampa Tribune looks at the female candidates --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Careful readers will note that I stated yesterday that Peter Deutsch was in town all day yesterday. Yet, I've linked to no articles from the Tallahassee Democrat about his visit. That is because there are no articles from them (posted online at least, had I seen this earlier, I would have picked up a print edition). Interesting. Florida Senate Campaign, Politics comment []12:21:49 AM trackback []
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