Venerable polling service, PPP, has their new poll out of Florida which cuts against Rasmussen's findings yesterday but is in line with Q-Poll and ARG, showing Obama gaining and passing McCain in Florida.
Obama: 46% (39%)
McCain: 44% (50%)
The earlier poll was taking in March at the height of the Wright affair. Best of all, their analysis.
"It’s a long way until November, but Barack Obama would be looking at an Electoral College landslide if the election was today," said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling.
That's some strong words.... More good news, Room for Improvement below
On room for improvement, it's called Unity
Party unification is the key to Obama’s improved standing in the state. At that time he was getting the support of only 60% of self identified Democrats. In this survey he’s polling at 74% with them, and also leading 45-33 among independent voters.
And BEST OF ALL, Wexler is Hella-Competitive for 2010!!!
PPP also took a look ahead to the 2010 Senate election and found that Mel Martinez is quite vulnerable. His approval rating is only 23%, with 43% of the state’s voters disapproving of his performance.
In a possible contest against the state’s Chief Financial Office, Alex Sink, Martinez trails 37-31. Against Congressman Robert Wexler, it would be a 33-33 draw.
To that, one has to say, Fuck Yea!!! Line me up for Senator Wexler!
Update: Quoting True Independent
You should emphasize in the diary the party id breakdown: 42% Dem, 42% Rep, and 16% Ind. This breakdown is more Rep friendly than the Quin poll out last week and still Obama is winning by 2 pts (as opposed to the 4 pts in Quin). His lead in FLA is real and McCain just blew it with the whole offshore drilling nonsense.
Nice!