Blogosphere Predicts McCain Florida Victory
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Kevin Yordy
The latest polls show a neck-and-neck race between McCain and Romney in Florida, but CI’s measurement of the blogosphere gives McCain a 7% lead.
For more information on our methodology, please see our posts on Michigan, Iowa, and South Carolina.
(Originally published Monday 1/28– re-posted after move from Movable Type to Wordpress)
Tags: Analyzing Consumer Generated Media, Mass Media/Culture //
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