Florida Poll Released by Mason Dixon: Barack Obama 49%, John McCain 47%

Here are the latest results from the Florida poll by Mason Dixon published on USAElectionPolls.com:

There were 625 voters polled on 10/29-30.

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“The state remains a toss-up, which is bad news for McCain as he must win Florida to have any chance of winning the presidency,” said Mason-Dixon managing director Brad Coker. “His best hope could be the racial composition of Florida’s ’undecided’ voters, of whom, 84 percent are white.”

Obama’s mini-surge comes on the heels of a media blitz in which he outspent McCain on television advertising in Florida $4.6 million to $1.6 million during the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, according to a University of Wisconsin study.

That does not reflect, however, an additional $1.4 million the Republican National Committee spent on McCain ads during the same period.

Obama’s lead is due, at least in part, to a backlash against McCain’s attack ads, said Obama spokesman Kevin Cate.

“Floridians are rejecting the McCain campaign’s desperate attacks and attempts to change the subject away from the economy and Florida is now the battleground that the McCain campaign never wanted or anticipated,” Cate said.

The poll has Obama and McCain dead even -- at 46 percent each -- in the bellwether Tampa Bay region, which consistently goes for the winner.

Republican Party of Florida spokeswoman Erin VanSickle said the poll shows that McCain’s conservative message is resonating, despite Obama’s huge spending advantage. “We’ve always said that Florida will be a crucial state in this election and the constantly fluctuating polls illustrate just that,” VanSickle said. “Our Republican grassroots machine is running strong, our volunteers are excited, and we are confident that the people of Florida will continue to embrace John McCain’s message of reform and leadership and reject Barack Obama’s plans to spread the wealth and take more dollars out of Floridians’ pockets.”

Source: Recent Polls, Electoral College Results