How Rick Scott Beat Charlie Crist -- GOP Poll Explains It By: Kevin Derby | Posted: December 1, 2014 11:23 AM Rick Scott and Charlie Crist The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) released a poll from On Message on Monday which gives a good indication of how Gov. Rick Scott was able to defeat former Gov. Charlie Crist in last month’s Florida general election. The poll of Floridians who voted in November shows Scott did better than expected with Hispanic voters while also taking a majority of male voters and seniors. Scott won the election 48 percent to 47 percent and did well with Hispanics, running almost dead even with Crist. The poll shows 49 percent of Hispanic voters backed the Democrat while 47 percent supported the governor and 3 percent cast ballots for Libertarian Adrian Wyllie. Scott took 65 percent of Cuban-Americans while Crist only mustered 30 percent of these voters and Wyllie rounded up 4 percent. Crist did better with Puerto Ricans, beating Scott among these voters 57 percent to 40 percent. Crist beat Scott among other Hispanic voters by the same percentage. Wyllie took 3 percent of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic voters. “In the end, most Hispanic voters were focused on the economy, and they decided that under Governor Scott’s leadership, the state’s real estate and job markets are headed in the right direction,” insisted Wes Anderson and Kayla Dunlap from On Message. FOR MORE GO TO: sunshinestatenews/story/how-rick-scott-beat-charlie-crist-gop-poll-explains-it?utm_source=Constant%20Contact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Lead
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:32:10 +0000
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