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[FL] Oil drilling gains support
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Aug 01, 2008 06:35am |
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| Category | Poll |
| News Date | Friday, August 1, 2008 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Miami Herald.
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"With gas prices hovering near $4 a gallon, a majority of Florida voters now support drilling for oil in protected areas offshore, according to a new poll.
The survey found 60 percent of respondents favor drilling, with 10 percent telling pollsters they had opposed offshore drilling in the past. Thirty-six percent of respondents said they remain opposed to offshore drilling.
The poll of 1,248 likely Florida voters was conducted July 23-29 by Quinnipiac University. The margin of error: 2.8 percentage points.
The same poll also suggests Barack Obama and John McCain virtually tied in the key swing state, with McCain narrowing the gap since June.
Obama has a 46 percent lead to McCain's 44 percent, compared to a 47 to 43 percent lead for Obama in June. Obama will be in St. Petersburg on Friday, while McCain stumps in Orlando.
The poll comes at a time when the two campaigns -- along with President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress -- continue to bash each other over efforts to expand gas and oil exploration offshore.
Pollsters suggest oil drilling could be an opportunity for McCain, who in June reversed course, saying he would support lifting a two-decade old offshore drilling ban that prevents exploration off most of the nation's coastline. Obama has opposed the measure, saying it would do nothing to affect gas prices.
''Those who said Sen. McCain was throwing away Florida's electoral votes by advocating more offshore drilling might want to think again,'' said Peter Brown, assistant director of the school's polling institute. ``While Obama was on tour, trying to show voters he could handle world affairs, voters were home trying to fill their gas tanks.'' |
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