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Crist: Internal polls show McCain up in Fla. |
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By Klaus Marre
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Posted: 10/29/08 04:03 PM [ET] |
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Wednesday cited internal polls showing Republican presidential nominee John McCain ahead in the Sunshine State. According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls in the state, Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) leads by 3.4 percent, and the best McCain has fared in any individual poll recently is a tie in a Reuters/Zogby survey. However, Crist, citing an internal poll, said on MSNBC that McCain is turning things around in a state that is critical in his quest for an upset win next Tuesday. “I’m hearing some very encouraging numbers, you know, some polls reporting [McCain] three or four points up already in the Sunshine State,” the governor said. Crist gave a nod toward Obama by acknowledging his campaign’s “great effort” to raise so much money that it allows the Illinois senator to flood Florida with television spots. McCain will have to win the Sunshine State and its 27 electoral votes if he wants to have a chance to wrest the election from Obama, who is leading in national polls and in key battleground states. |
