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The latest Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey of “swing state” voters puts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a virtual tie.
The polls in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania show the two New Yorkers comfortably atop the Democratic and Republican fields in all three states, but within the poll’s margin of error in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup.
For instance, in Florida, Clinton leads Giuliani 46-44 percent, within the margin of error of 3.2 percentage points. That’s a flip from the 46-44 percent by which Giuliani led the poll two weeks ago.
The poll’s most important finding may be that Clintonis slowly shedding her negative image, said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the poll, which is fully funded by the Hamden, Conn.-based university.
“In the last two months the share of voters who view her favorably has increased to about 50 percent, an important milestone, while the number who view her unfavorably has dropped,” Brown said. “It is not huge movement, but it is consistent across all three states.”
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