Q poll - Gillum, Nelson both up in FL

[Hawaii Hiker]

In addition to the NBC/Marist poll, both have the Democrats leading..



https://poll.qu.edu/florida/release-detail?ReleaseID=2585

"The voters breakdown in the governor's race closely matches the U.S. Senate race:
Gillum leads 54 - 40 percent among women, as men are split 46 - 46 percent;
White voters go to DeSantis 54 - 41 percent as Gillum leads 90 - 3 percent among black voters and 57 - 29 percent among Hispanic voters;
Gillum leads 52 - 39 percent among independent voters and 93 - 4 percent among Democrats, as Republicans back DeSantis 93 - 4 percent".

"Double-digit leads among independent voters and women, plus even bigger leads among black and Hispanic voters give Sen. Nelson his cushion:
Nelson leads 54 - 41 percent among independent voters and 91 - 4 percent among Democrats. Republicans back Scott 94 - 4 percent;
Women back the Democrat 53- 41 percent. Men are divided with 48 percent for Nelson and 47 percent for Scott;
White voters back Scott 55 - 41 percent. Nelson leads 87 - 6 percent among black voters and 59 - 31 percent among Hispanic voters."

[Takket]

1. How can 4% of dems back Scott?

That little % is always there and always blows me away. Are they registered dems but don’t really know what that means? Are they fake repliers to the poll? WTF?

[Hawaii Hiker]

2. Yeah that is odd

Then again there probably are (very few ) self identified liberals who support Trump,

[dsc]

3. dems who are very old and are dems from the bad old days of being a dem

[csziggy]

19. Not just the "bad old days" but because of the way the laws were back then

When I registered to vote in 1972 Florida did not have Republican primaries. If you wanted to vote in the primaries - where many local races were decided - you had to be registered as a Democrat.

My mother was registered as a Democrat up until she died in September at 97 often voted for and contributed to Republican candidates. She didn't think there was any other way to register since even in the very red Polk County, Florida, most local races were between nominal Democrats in the primaries.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Dixiecrats who were too lazy to switch their affiliation?

It sounds crazy, but consider my mom who hasn’t voted for a Republican for president since Nixon.

And yet she was registered as a Republican all through the Reagan Bush years and didn’t switch to being a Democrat until 2004, despite supporting numerous Democrats and strongly opposing numerous Republicans up to that point.

Sometimes you simply remain registered as a matter of inertia.

[NewJeffCT]

8. That is most likely it

Especially along the Florida panhandle, there are older small town rural voters that likely have been voting Republican for years (i.e., George W Bush), but haven't bothered to changed their party affiliation from the (D) they registered as back in the 1950s or 1960s...

[Le Gaucher]

6. Republicans and Democracts living in towns with very strong majority of the opposite

Ofter register as members of the wrong party, just to be able to take part in the primary.

Lots of Democrats in my town are registered Republicans .. Because for many years there was no Democratic candidate running for local election and Republican Primary was the real election.

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. That is exactly why my husband was registered Republican until this year.

[Blue_true]

10. The leftover Dixiecrats that never bothered to change their party affiliation.

The families are likely a mixed bag, lots of blue voters, some primitives.

[berni_mccoy]

17. Margin of error is +/- 3.5%... I'm guessing it's -3.5%.

[LiberalArkie]

18. My mayor is Democratic and so is the Sheriff. But they only have Republican signs

in their yard and of course theirs. Always been that way in the south I believe.

[oasis]

5. Hey, hey, hey

[Thrill]

9. GOTV

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[Tarc]

11. We need this Florida double-shot badly

What a gut punch it will be to the Trumpkins to lose two top statewide offices at the same time.

[grantcart]

12. These are the first polls after birth right citizenship comments

That apoe appears to be the straw that broke the camel's back

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. Good

I remember that there was initially a LOT of panic about Nelson's race here earlier in the year.

[packman]

15. I expressed doubts about Nelson winning -

But, I my psyche is still bruised from 2016 and I know how dirty Florida voting can get. NOTHING will make me happier to see Scott driven into his political grave. Well, maybe after the election, hold an investigation into the corruption during Scott's terms and send him off to jail.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. +1

[amuse bouche]

14. This is very exciting. Scott truly belongs in a bunk next to Madoff

He's pure scum

I just love Guillum. DeSantis is just more trump trash

[Cha]

20. Steady as it goes, Florida!