A look at races in Alabama and Florida

Tue, July 01, 2008 - 10:50 AM

More polls out today from Ramussen Reports about political races in the South.

In Alabama, Barack Obama is closing the gap on John McCain. The Republican is still ahead of Obama by 51 percent to 36 percent. But based on previous polling, the gap between the two has been cut in half.

Alabama has voted Republican in the last eight of the nine presidential elections.

McCain is also leading in Florida by 7 percent, according to a Ramussen phone survey. While McCain has lead in the last six polls on the contest done by Ramussen in Florida, Obama has been slowly closing the gap.

And back to Alabama, where Sen. Jeff Sessions is facing Democratic challenger Vivian Davis Figures. A telephone survey shows Sessions enjoying a comfortable lead of 58 percent to 34 percent

All three polls were done by Ramussen in conjunction with Fox Television Stations.

-- Amy Dominello