The Florida Presidential Race

(6/14/07) Rudy Giuliani leads among Republican presidential hopefuls and Hillary Clinton among the Democrats. So what’s changed among presidential preferences by Florida voters since we last polled, and since the ballyhooed nationally televised debates have commenced?

For the Republican field, Mitt Romney has slowly gained name ID, John McCain has faltered a bit, and most importantly, unannounced but likely candidate Fred Thompson is in second place.

Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton leads, although her lead over Barack Obama has diminished. Here are the results of our latest InsiderAdvantage poll:

We asked Republican voters, “Of the following potential candidates, if the primary were held today, which one candidate would you vote for?”

Rudy Giuliani (31%)
Fred Thompson (21%)
Mitt Romney (17%)
John McCain (12%)
Duncan Hunter (3%)
Ron Paul (1%)
Sam Brownback (1%)
Mike Huckabee (0%)
Jim Gilmore (0%)
No opinion (14%)

We asked Democratic voters, “Of the following potential candidates, if the primary were held today, which one candidate would you vote for?

Hillary Clinton (41%)
Barack Obama (35%)
John Edwards (14%)
Bill Richardson (5%)
Joe Biden (1%)
Chris Dodd (1%)
No opinion (3%)

The poll was conducted exclusively for Florida Insider and the InsiderAdvantage Southern political media network by InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion Research. The survey was conducted June 6 and 7 among 500 registered Republican voters, and 500 registered Democratic voters in Florida. The data have been weighted for age, race, gender and party affiliation. The margin of error is plus or minus 4%.