Poll: Dems could hand FL to GOP

A whopping 31% of Democrats polled 3/10 by  InsiderAdvantage for Florida Insider say they would be "less likely" to vote for the Democratic nominee if Florida's delegates aren't seated at the national convention.

“For John McCain to win Florida, it would probably take significantly fewer defections from the Democratic ranks than we see in this poll,” said Matt Towery, CEO of InsiderAdvantage. “If as few as 5% of Florida Democrats who normally would vote for their party’s ticket decide to sill out the election or vote for McCain, that could be disastrous for the Democrats.

“The poll also shows that the public is following the situation closely in media, which often is not the case with political issues that concern politicians, but no one else."

“The danger to Obama or Clinton in Florida this fall is very real. And the longer the situation festers, the worse it could get,” said Towery. “We polled this same issue some months ago, and the negative reaction was negligible. Now, it’s anything but.”

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Just two points to make…

1. D’s will not change to R’s. If at all, they will change to “I” or “NPA” and/or simply stay home on E-Day.

2. The Times needs random a drug screening program for its editors.

Yeah, right.

[fldem]

It would be instructive to know how many of this 31% were supporters of Hillary Clinton.

In a year when they should have beaten any Rep candidate in a landslide, they are self-destructing. Awesome!

It seems to be a MOOT POINT.

There WILL be a Combination Mail In/In Person RE-Vote. So neeeny neeeny boo boo.

Looks like The Florida Democrats will be seating all of their delegates. But the Republicans will only be seating 1/2 of theirs!

so, if this poll is accurately representative - could it be then, that charlie, by his insistance that the FL Democrats votes are recognized, instead took a win away from his buddy, mccain? if the FL Democrats eventually get the recognition of their votes or delegates seated, would more Democrats vote in November just to prove a point?

Who the hell do you think you're kidding... the entire FDP is a "MOOT POINT"

Looks to me like it is the RPOF that is Moot! Hahahahaha

Yeah, sounds like the count my vote people expressing sour grapes. Any DEM who would vote for a GOP just because of this is just a political player. Anyone with drop of patriotic or ethic blood in their body want's to see the end of BUSH and GOP INC.

Isn’t “MOOT POINT” that new place where Republicons take their same sex pages to make out!

[Zhombre]

A lot of Democrats may not admit it but they know when that phone rings in the White House at 3 AM neither Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is the person they want to answer it. McCain will get those votes. These are not the Democrats who post childish and vituperative remarks on blogs like this one or at Daily Kos or Atrios or other blogs of that ilk. Florida will remain a red state in 2008.

[Christie]

To 2:09 p.m. --

You're forgetting that only a small contingent of Democrats in florida are truly liberal enough to be hardline. We have a strong conservative and centrist democratic contingent in central florida and north florida. They have no problems voting for a Republican and they've crossed party lines time and again.

The Democrats royally screwed themselves this time, and quite frankly deserve everything they get. any gains the state party has made in local and state governments in the last few years will be washed away.

Florida is likely going to go to John McCain either way.

Polls show McCain beating both Obama or Clinton.

3:05
You just don't get it, do you? Even if the delegates are seated, the super delegates can choose whomever they decide should get the nomination. You have no power, it was given to the super delegates years ago.

[Jason Straight]

Ballonieee..With a huge economic recession foreclosures useless dollar falling net worths and increasing unemployment trillions pissed away on Iraq (collecting $110 per barrel from its oil)100 years war..We just cant wait to vote for John McCain America needs more of the same!!

The poll probably under-represents the amount of disaffection among Democratic voters resulting from the voiding of our votes.

If that was the question whether I'd be less like to vote Democratic if the delegates aren't seated, I wouldn't have registered as affected by the primary disenfranchisement. I won't be "less likely" to vote for a Democrat if the delegates aren't seated. I won't vote for either of these Democratic candidates in any scenario after they went along with my disenfranchisement on primary day. I was as certain a vote for either one of them before I was told I didn't count in January.

Not to mention the Independents who might have voted Democratic before the antics of millions of voided votes and Texas rules that weigh Americans from different parts of the states differently and "super" somethings that have a voice independent of voters.

Democratic my rear end! It makes you sick.

To 2:09 p.m.

4:48 p.m. is right as rain. Sadly, but most deservedly. You can't tell Americans their votes don't count and expect them to wish you well.