Poll of Puerto Ricans in Florida - 1% to 5% rate Trump "Very good" but view repub Scott positively

[Demovictory9]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-reg-puerto-rico-florida-politics-poll-20180629-story.html


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Poll of Puerto Ricans in Florida has good news for Dems — and for Gov. Scott


public opinion poll released Saturday of Puerto Ricans living in Florida reveals reasons for Democrats and Republicans to be relieved — and worried.

Good news for the Democrats: 57 percent of surveyed Puerto Ricans in Florida said they were most likely to vote for Democratic candidates. Just 7 percent said they were most likely to vote for Republican. The rest were open to voting for either party.

Good news for the Republicans: The poll has some positive signs for Gov. Rick Scott, the GOP candidate challenging U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

An influx of Puerto Ricans to Florida began in 2010 and intensified since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017. As U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans have the right to register and vote, and they’ve become a highly sought after group of voters in 2018.








An estimated 1.2 million Puerto Ricans now live in Florida, a population that rivals the number of Cubans, who have historically been enormously influential in Florida politics, said Eduardo Gamarra, a political science professor at Florida International University.

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Scott is viewed much more positively than Trump. Though 43 percent of Puerto Ricans who came to the state before 2012 view him negatively, compared with 55 percent who see him positively, those who have arrived since view the governor much more positively.

Scott was rated positively by 82 percent of people who arrived in 2017 and 2018, 81 percent of those who arrived in 2015 and 2016, and by 79 percent of those who arrived from 2012 through 2014.

[Cha]

1. What's Scott done for people besides the wealthy?

[Demovictory9]

3. article says he's in their face everyday while the Dem Senate has to be in Washington

he's pretending he cares until the election

[Cha]

6. Puerto Ricans should know that Scott would assist trump

in destroying everything good about our country.. and trump is the one who let Puerto Rico go to shite after Hurricane Maria.

[DrDan]

10. he has done quite a lot for the Puerto Ricans who came after the hurricane

opened shelters, eased professional licensing, he has visited PR 5 or 6 times since the hurricane

He will get a lot of PR votes.

This will be a tough and nasty race.

[Demovictory9]

2. more... party registration. What is the Dem party doing to register those who came in 17-18?

Among those who have registered, the overwhelming majority has maintained the Puerto Rican alliance with the Democratic Party. The poll found 57 percent said they’d registered as Democrats, 12 percent as Republicans and 18 percent as independents. Another 13 percent responded that they weren’t sure, which Gamarra said could be a sign that people were busy and not sure or that the distinctions concerning the names of political parties in the mainland U.S. weren’t clear to respondents.

The partisan breakdown was similar for almost everyone who said they came to the U.S. before 2017.

But among those who came to the U.S. in 2017 and 2018, a much smaller share — 39 percent — said they registered as Democrats. Another 7 percent registered Republicans, 25 percent as independents and 29 percent said they didn’t know

[JI7]

4. that seems to be his strategy. to remain in good terms with enough in the communities

to avoid things like some other governors and politicians .

for example things like police abuse among black men . he always does things so he doesn't come off looking as bad as the others. regardless of actual actions concerning policy.

this is something to worry about because it can keep some people from coming out and voting also. because they don't fear him as they do other republicans.

i guess he is used to doing htis because he does actually look creepy so learned that he needs to go the extra distance to make people comfortable and neutralize his creepy looks.

[Demovictory9]

5. Ted Cruz could learn from him (creepy looks wise)

[Tatiana]

7. They need to send Luis Gutierrez down there to mobilize support for Dems.

We have to tie Scott to Trump. There is a bit of Trump fatigue in Florida. That's why Scott is trying to work the local angle and trying to advertise himself as a Bush-style "compassionate conservative" instead of the greedy, murderous moron he truly is.

[oasis]

11. Great idea!

[genxlib]

8. Worth Considering

Hurricane trauma is fresh in the minds of all Puerto Ricans

Governor Scott got a lot of credit for being responsive during an active Hurricane season in Florida.

Mind you, almost all of the important Hurricane preparation is done at the County level and mostly all Hurricane response is done at the Federal level. All he had to do was fly around the state and find a camera to jump in front of and act like he cared.

[peekaloo]

9. and yesterday was the end of Fed. assistance for housing.

Viewpoints could change drastically in the next few months.