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WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- Voters in Florida indicated no significant preference in the upcoming presidential election according to the latest Quinnipiac poll.
The survey of 1,209 registered voters showed President George W. Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry at 43 percent each in a tree-way race, with independent candidate Ralph Nader taking 5 percent of the vote. Without Nader in the race, Kerry edged ahead of Bush, 46 percent to 44 percent, inside the poll's plus or minus 3 percent margin of error.
Bush's job approval rating in the poll is a negative 52 percent. Republicans, by 88 percent to 11 percent, gave him high marks on job performance while Democrats, by 85 percent to 14 percent, said they disapproved though, Quinnipiac's Clay Richards said, "At this stage in the campaign, Florida voters don't like any of the candidates very much."
In 2000, Florida gave its 25 electoral votes to George W. Bush. For 2004, the state will have 27 electoral votes after the addition of two congressional seats in the decennial reapportionment.
The poll was conducted by Quinnipiac University Polling Institute June 23 to 27.
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