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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Simon Jeffery

Exit polls reveal Florida's taste for irony

Startling news via CNN that John McCain and Mitt Romney stole each other's issues among Republican voters in the Florida primaries.

Despite Romney's aggressive effort to portray himself as strong on economic issues - and at the same time claim McCain lacked any grasp of the issue - the Arizona senator actually edged out Romney (38%-32%) among the 45 percent of Florida Republican primary voters who said the economy was the their main concern.

And despite McCain's effort to put national security issues back in the dialogue - and paint Romney as a flip-flopper on the war in Iraq - Romney edged out McCain (29% to 24%) among the 21% of voters most concerned with terrorism.



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