PPP: Crist has 3-point lead over Scott in FL Governor Race

[WI_DEM]

PPP's newest Florida poll continues to find a tight race for Governor, with Charlie Crist holding a slight advantage over Rick Scott. Crist is at 42% to 39% for Scott, and 8% for Libertarian Adrian Wyllie. This election is shaping up as a choice between two candidates voters have decided they don't care for. Only 40% of voters approve of the job Scott is doing to 49% who disapprove. But they don't like Crist either- 40% of voters rate him favorably with 46% holding a negative opinion. The dissatisfaction with both major candidates probably helps to explain Wyllie's 8% standing but since he is drawing pretty equally from both Scott and Crist he's not having a major effect on the race in the way some Libertarians are in other states. When you take him out of the equation Crist's lead remains 3 points at 44/41.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/

[shenmue]

1. Yaaaaay!

pRick Scott needs to go to jail!

[stevenleser]

2. Should be 80-20. The arguments against Crist are B.S. What matters is that Floridians liked him as

Governor. Everything else consists of ridiculous smears

[yeoman6987]

4. For the first time I am getting political commercial

Nonstop. Recent Florida resident and the commercials are pounding on Christ. One commercial says Christ left office with Florida having an 11percent unemployment rate and when he began 4 years earlier it was 5 percent. Christ needs to fight back on that one somehow quickly. Obviously there are quite a few undecided voters that need to vote for Christ. 8 weeks left! It can be done.

[yeoman6987]

5. What floridians liked him as Governor?

Republicans. Lol.

[SomethingFishy]

10. Bullshit. Crist is an asshole.

The only thing he has going for him is he isn't nearly as bad as Scott. I don't know any Floridians who actually "liked" the guy.

[stevenleser]

12. He had a 56%+ approval rating as governor and almost everyone who knew him liked him.

So your post is bullshit.

[merrily]

3. It's hard for some voters to be thrilled with someone who changes parties and not

necessarily because of principle.

I had a hard time cheering for Sen. Specter after he became a Dem because he knew he could not possibly win the Republican primary. It didn't matter because I don't live in Pennsy anyway. If I did, I would have voted for him, but not gladly.

I have no problem cheering enthusiastically for any Dem over Scott, though. He is repulsive.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. I'm no fan of Crist's but from what I've read. Skeletor has spent a shit ton of money to do

just that with Crist's negative numbers. Even if it's by 1 vote. I hope this socipathic stooge is sent home packing.

[lark]

14. Retire Voldemort!

Send him packing!

I'm no Crist fan, but anyone's better than Shady Rick.

[Zambero]

7. A 3% lead with 11% undecided

This type of poll lead albeit narrow is always better than the alternative. However, by any measure this lead is obviously not within any margin of error especially with so many undecideds. I cannot believe that ultimate train wreck Scott has managed to keep his head above water, if only barely so. He must be pouring a lot of his own money into campaign ads, again.

[nytemare]

16. There is a ballot measure for medical marijuana as well.

That might cause a more left-leaning voting population than is normal for mid-term elections. Hopefully..lol.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. His baggage consists of previous Republican friends and money makers.

When I was young, it took courage to remove yourself from the bad element in the neighborhood. But in the political world, candidates do just the opposite. They embrace the oily element. The impression they leave is that priorities will be made in government business that will insure that old wrongs will never be righted.

That's why Crist has a negative image with most voters, though in the end, he is the better of the two candidates.

Too bad Florida doesn't have an effective watchdog group.

[madville]

9. True toss-up

The other poll released today has Scott +2, truly dead even at this point.

[Fla_Democrat]

11. That.. pretty much sums it up...

Looks like I'm not the only one....


This election is shaping up as a choice between two candidates voters have decided they don't care for.

[lpbk2713]

13. This is what concerns me.

Because the voters don't really care for either candidate there will be a
low turnout. And a low turnout usually favors the rethuglican candidate.

[Hugabear]

15. I never thought I'd see the day when I would be pulling for 'Chain-Gang Charlie'

I trust Charlie Crist about as far as I could throw him, which isn't very far at all. IMHO, he's a career opportunist who will take whichever position he thinks will get him more votes. This is the same Charlie Crist who earned the nickname 'Chain Gang Charlie' for his support of prison chain gangs when he was Florida's Attorney General.

But considering the alternate option is 4 more years of Voldemort, I guess there really isn't a choice.

[davidn3600]

17. 8% for libertarian candidate and neither Scott nor Crist has over 45%

Pretty much shows voters don't like their options.

[Stryst]

18. Remember amendment 2

Medical marijuana is on the ballot this November, so hopefully that will draw in left leaning voters.

[Cha]

19. I don't give a shite about the Charlie Crist whining.. I so hope he's the next governor

of Florida and get rid of that asshole who's taking it down.

Thanks WI+_Dem!

[ReRe]

20. It struck me a couple days ago...

... when I heard a CNN poll that showed the percentage of Americans who supported the current/coming war on terror in the middle east (around 75%), that polls are really nothing but a predictor of how effective the propaganda (or Psy War) has been on the general public. It's the same with these political polls. Whose political ads have been the best at persuading people to think kindly of one or the other candidate. The candidate who has the most money to pump into political ads is usually the one that ends up winning. But, just like we learned with the election of PO twice, sometimes all the money in the world won't make any difference. I hope that's how
this works out for the old evil one, Rick Scott, as well as for Mitch McConnell in KY.