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Three New Polls Show Obama Leading In Florida

Posted Oct 1, 2008 by William March

Updated Oct 2, 2008 at 10:04 AM

Besides a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning, showing Barack Obama with a surprising 8-point lead over John McCain in Florida, two other polls released today have shown Obama with statistically significant leads.

A Time/CNN/Opinion Research poll and a Suffolk University poll both showed Obama with four-point leads, equal to or greater than the error margins in the two polls.

The Time/CNN/Opinion Research survey called the race 51-47 percent for Obama with an error margin of 3.5 points. Suffolk University’s survey called it 46-42 percent for Obama with a 4-pont error margin.

In a statement from McCain spokesman Mario Diaz, the campaign responded, “We treat every day like we’re an underdog trailing by 10 points. Between now and election day there will be numerous polls.  The only one that matters is the one at the end of the night on November 4th.”

McCain Florida co-chairman Brian Ballard said he believes the Quinnipiac poll is out of line—“Florida is too close to call.”

But University of South Florida political scientist Darryl Paulson, a Republican and McCain supporter, said regardless of questions about Quinnipiac’s accuracy, “It’s a very serious problem. You’re getting to crunch time, and Florida is a state that everyone recognizes McCain has to win.”

Full story here.