The race has closed to within the margin of error based on a McBride campaign survey taken on Monday and Tuesday nights of this week, with Jeb Bush getting 48% of the vote and Bill McBride receiving 45% of the vote (these proportions include voters who lean toward the candidates), and the remaining 7% of voters saying that they are undecided. The gap that had been seven percentage points in McBride's survey taken over the weekend has closed to just three points with less than a week to go.
McBride is holding a strong lead among the core Democratic constituencies (he leads among Democrats by 85% to 7% and among African Americans by 84% to 8%) and, for the first time, he has opened up a double-digit lead among independent voters (48% to 38%).
(Garin–Hart–Yang Research interviewed 608 likely Florida voters on October 26 and 27 and an additional 604 likely Florida voters on October 28 and 29. Each survey has a standard statistical margin of sampling error of ±4.1%). 11:33 AM
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