FL Poll: If this is true, Rubio is dead

[brooklynite]

The Donald Trump juggernaut rolls into Florida where the GOP front-runner leads native son Sen. Marco Rubio 44 - 28 percent among likely Republican primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has 12 percent with Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 7 percent and Dr. Ben Carson at 4 percent.

Men back Trump over Rubio 49 - 25 percent, while women go to Trump 39 - 31 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds.

Trump gets a low negative score in the Sunshine State as 21 percent of likely Republican primary voters say they "would definitely not support" Trump for the nomination, with 26 percent saying no to Cruz and 17 percent saying no to Rubio.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=2327

[MADem]

1. I don't see a lot of "yard signs" day to day. I just don't live where they're a common thing.

I was in FL last week and saw DOZENS of Trump signs--many in front of jazzy looking McMansions that looked like mini versions of Trump's overdone home in that state.

The thing about FL, though, is that Donald's public roots go way deeper than Marco's. He's been down there for YEARS--he owns that massive home, he's done fund raisers, he's involved in the community...it's not "Marco's" state--it's The Donald's "winter home."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago

[Recursion]

2. Wow. And the GOP has nobody left on the bench except Kasich

And he doesn't have the time to ramp up.

[LiberalArkie]

3. What is funny is, when I drive into Little Rock I drive by this big ranch with yard signs on the

fences that say Trump and the next one about 10 feet away is Bernie and 10 feet away is Trump. It goes like that for about 200 feet.

I have no idea of who they are voting for. Normally it is Republicans.

[Yo_Mama]

8. It's probably meant to imply that we should overthrow the party bureaucracies regardless.

I do see a sentiment among many people. Some may usually vote left and some right, but many seem to agree that the government has been taken over by insiders who look after their own interests but not the interests of the average citizen.

If you look at it that way, a vote for either Sanders or Trump is probably going to accomplish the goal - disrupting that comfortable set of relationships.

I do speak to people who say they are going to vote Trump, but would vote for Sanders if someone else got the GOP nomination, and people who are in the bag for Sanders, but considering voting Trump if Sanders is not the candidate. I have NO idea how many there can be out there, but it is interesting that several national polls over the last few months showed Sanders beating Trump but Clinton not.

I think this is a different sort of election cycle. I'm in my 50s, and I can't recall one like this.

A lot of Hispanics ARE supporting Trump. I know a number of people who voted Obama who are either supporting Trump or Sanders now. I try not to talk about politics that much in day-to-day life, so I really don't have a feeling for general attitudes. But I do get a sense that many feel that the federal government has stopped representing the people, and I hear that from people on either side of the political spectrum plus those who swing.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-5565.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_presidential_race.html

The above referenced set show both Clinton and Sanders beating Trump, but Sanders by a much wider margin, so there must be some people out there who are committed to an anti-establishment candidate rather than party. Maybe they've stopped believing that voting changes things currently?

I would think those people would go first for Sanders on average. He's the most insurrectionist.

I am beginning to think that that whereas we used to have Dem/Independent/GOP, now we have something like Dem/Insurrectionist/Independent/GOP.

[flamingdem]

4. Permanent toast, won't be able to run for governor after that

Hardly matters, he'll give a victory speech regardless

[LonePirate]

5. Trump will likely win FL and TX on Super Tuesday. Rubio and Cruz are toast.

[MagickMuffin]

6. RobotoRubio never showed up to his job in the senate

Could that have something to do with it?

[BlueStater]

7. Isn't the fact that Rubio is getting clobbered by Trump in his own state...

...go COMPLETELY against the narrative that he would help the GOP win Florida and be beneficial to any ticket in any way?