From the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest for 9/10/14: Gubernatorial: FL-Gov: PPPs new Florida poll finds Democrat Charlie Crist moving into a small 42-39 lead over GOP Gov. Rick Scott, with Libertarian Adrian Wyllie taking a hefty 8 percent of the vote. That compares with a 42-all tie in June, though back then, PPP didnt ask about Wyllie. However, even if you take him out of the mix now, Crist retains his 3-point lead, edging Scott 44-41. Wyllie draws equally from both candidates because Scott and Crist are comparably unpopular: Scotts job approval rating is 40-49 while Crists favorables stand at 40-46. Thats actually tremendously good news for Crist, though, because in June, his favorability score was a miserable 32-48, while Scotts approvals are virtually unchanged. That means Crists standing has somehow rebounded despite an extraordinary spending blitz by Scott that has now topped $20 million. Perhaps those June numbers were a bit outlier-ish for Crist, but regardless, the fact that Scotts barrage hasnt had its intended effect has to be very heartening for Democrats. Crist was never going to be able to match Scott dollar for dollar—not even close. His only hope was to hunker down and hope the damage from Hurricane Rick wouldnt be fatal, then go on the offensive in the stretch run. Well, here we are. Meanwhile, the latest installment from SurveyUSA has Scott back on top of Crist, 45-44, with Wyllie at just 3. Two weeks ago, Crist was up 45-43..
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:14:13 +0000
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