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Charlie Crist Holding Bare Lead in Three-Way Florida Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist, now in the state's Senate race as an independent, has a bare but statistically-insignificant lead over the man who forced him out of the GOP primary race, former state House speaker Marco Rubio, according to an Ipsos poll conducted May 14-18 for the St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9. Crist runs ahead of Rubio 30 percent to 27 percent with Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek way behind at 15 percent. The margin of error is 4 points. The poll contrasts with one conducted May 16 by Rasmussen Reports which had Rubio ahead 39 percent to 31 percent, largely ...
Charlie Crist's Early Lead in Florida Senate Race Evaporates
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe first polls on the Florida senate race after Gov. Charlie Crist's decision to run as an independent for Senate showed him with modest leads over likely Republican nominee Marco Rubio but the bloom appears to be off that rose with Rubio taking an 8 point lead over Crist, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 16. Rubio runs ahead of Crist by 39 percent to 31 percent with 18 percent for Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek and 12 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. In polls conducted at the beginning of May by Rasmussen and Mason-Dixon Research, Crist had led Rubio ...
Another Poll Puts Crist in the Lead in Florida -- But It May Be Short-Lived
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyA second poll is showing Gov. Charlie Crist starting out in the lead now that he has made the Florida Senate race a three-way affair by dropping his failing bid for the Republican nomination to run as an independent. Crist runs ahead of likely GOP nominee Marco Rubio by 38 percent to 32 percent, with 19 percent for Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek. Eleven percent were undecided, according to a Mason-Dixon Research poll conducted May 3-5. The margin of error is 4 points. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 3 had Crist ahead by 38 percent to 34 percent, with 17 percent for Meek. The margin of ...
Jeb Bush Backs Rubio Over Crist in Florida Senate Race
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyFormer Gov. Jeb Bush has endorsed Marco Rubio for the Senate in Florida, giving an anticipated boost to the Republican hopeful in what looks like a three-ring circus of a campaign for an open seat. Gov. Charlie Crist, the Republican turned independent, holds a small lead in a Rasmussen Reports poll measuring support in a three-way contest matching him with Rubio and a Democrat, Rep. Kendrick Meek, in November. Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush (and Crist's predecessor as governor), said, "Washington is broken and Marco Rubio is the only candidate in this race that I trust to ...
Crist Starts His Independent Bid Slightly Ahead of Rubio in Florida
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist is starting with a lead in the three-way Senate race, running ahead of likely Republican nominee Marco Rubio by 38 percent to 34 percent with 17 percent for Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 3. The margin of error is 4.5 points. In a poll last month before Crist decided to drop out of the GOP primary race and run as an independent, Rubio had led a hypothetical three-candidate match-up with 37 percent to Crist's 30 percent, with Meek trailing at 22 percent. Crist has stronger favorablity numbers than the other two. ...
Gaming the Florida Senate Race: Try Your Own Hand at It
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNow that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has re-launched himself as an independent, pollsters and pundits have been trying to game out who gets the advantage from the contest becoming a three-way race -- Crist, likely GOP nominee Marco Rubio or Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek. Different polls, conducted before Crist made his decision, had different results. A Rasmussen Reports survey conducted April 21 showed Rubio leading with 37 percent, followed by Crist at 30 percent and Meek at 22 percent with 11 percent undecided. A Quinnipiac University poll conducted April 8-13 had Crist ahead with 32 ...
Crist Would Start in Second Place if He Runs as an Independent
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAmid growing speculation that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will leave the Republican party and continue his Senate race as an independent, a new poll says that he would start out behind former House Speaker Marco Rubio who had taken a big lead over Crist in the contest for the GOP nomination. In a three way general election contest, Rubio leads 37 percent to 30 percent for Crist and 22 percent for Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek, with 11 percent undecided, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 21. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Thirty-seven percent said Crist should drop out ...
Florida Senate Race: Charlie Crist Needs a Hug
By David Corn - Politics DailyI'd like to give Charlie Crist a hug. I'm not in the habit of embracing Republicans -- or any politicians. And a cuddle from me probably wouldn't help Crist, the governor of Florida who is in a mighty tough political fight -- precisely because of a hug. But this guy could use a good, supportive squeeze. If you don't follow politics, here's the back story. Not too long ago, Crist was the popular chief executive of the Sunshine State, a Republican with a reputation for competence and moderation. In 2008, he was talked about as a possible running mate for John McCain (who ended up going in a ...
Florida Senate Race: Crist Lags Rubio, but Would do Better in November
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe latest Florida Senate survey -- conducted April 8-13 by Quinnipiac University -- tells us what the polls have been saying for weeks: former state House Speaker Marco Rubio is way ahead of Gov. Charlie Crist in the GOP primary race, while Crist runs far better than Rubio in a general election against Democrat Kendrick Meek. Rubio leads Crist in the contest for the nomination by 56 percent to 33 percent with 10 percent undecided. Rubio leads among conservatives, who make up most of the GOP voter base, by 67 percent to 25 percent with 8 percent undecided. In a general election matchup, ...
Crist's Support Drops to New Low in Florida Primary Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyGov. Charlie Crist of Florida has dropped to his lowest level of support yet in surveys by Rasmussen Reports, with only 28 percent of likely Republican voters saying they will vote for him over former state House Speaker Marco Rubio in the state's Aug. 24 primary for the party's Senate nomination. Rubio is leading Crist by 57 percent to 28 percent, with 3 percent preferring another candidate and 12 percent undecided, according to the poll conducted April 8. Crist's support had been 34 percent in mid-March and 36 percent in mid-February. A Public Policy Polling survey in early March had also ...
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