FL poll: Obama up 2.7%

July 09th, 2008 | Category: Florida Politics Blog

Gainesville-based War Room Logistics 7/7-8 robo poll: Barack Obama 47.2%, John McCain 44.5%: "Obama is main among Hispanic voters by 10.3% (Obama 50.6%: McCain 40.3%) and African American Voters by 57.3% (Obama 75.3%: McCain 18.0%). Obama is main among Independent Voters by 4% (Obama 42.6%: McCain 38.6%) and younger voters 17.1% (Obama 54.9%: McCain 37.8%). McCain leads among White voters by 13.4%

(McCain 50%: Obama 36.6%) and voters by 60 years old by 3.3% (McCain 44.2%: Obama 40.9%).

“The race for Florida has tightened considerably in the past 40 days. Florida is now clearly a toss-up, but the momentum is clearly in Democrat Barack Obama’s favor,” said Alex Patton, Partner of WRL.