Polls Show Meek In Trouble, But Hanging On
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Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek still looks to be in serious trouble in the Democratic Senate primary against billionaire Jeff Greene. Two new polls released last night -- one public poll and one internal poll commissioned by the Meek campaign -- show the race is neck-and neck.
The Mason-Dixon poll, conducted for Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association, finds Meek ahead by 4 points, 33%-29%. That's an unimpressive result for the former frontrunner, but it's an improvement over the last public poll, which found Greene up 10 points.
The survey of 625 likely Democratic voters was conducted Aug. 2-4 with a 4% margin of error.
Meek's internal poll has the race even closer -- Meek 36%, Greene 35%, former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre 8% and 20% undecided.
"Jeff Greene is in trouble, and he knows it," according to the polling memo released by Meek. "Expect Greene to continue his downward spiral with a campaign built upon a negative message and massive distortions for the duration of the race."
The poll, conducted by the Feldman Group, was taken of 800 Democratic voters from Aug. 1-3 with a 3.5% margin of error.
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