First polls show mixed picture on Rubio-Demmings race

[left-of-center2012]

A pair of polls out of Florida paint a mixed picture of the state’s closely watched Senate race, suggesting an unpredictable contest in one of the nation’s most unpredictable battlegrounds.

One survey conducted by St. Pete Polls for the website Florida Politics shows Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and his main Democratic opponent, Rep. Val Demings, neck-and-neck. Rubio leads Demings by a scant 2 percentage points, 48 percent to 46 percent. That’s still within the poll’s 2.2-point margin of error.

Another poll commissioned by the gaming company BUSR and fielded by Susquehanna Polling and Research shows Rubio leading in the race against Demings 50 percent to 39 percent, giving him an 11-point lead that sits well outside of the survey’s 3.7 percentage point margin of error.

The polls, two of the first to survey Florida voters on the Senate matchup, offer a murky picture of the state of the race nearly 15 months out from the 2022 election. Both pollsters — Susquehanna Polling and St. Pete Polls — hold B-plus ratings from the data website FiveThirtyEight.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/568400-first-polls-show-mixed-picture-on-rubio-demmings-race

[SoCalDavidS]

1. I Have Zero Faith In The Voters In Floriduh

Purple state my ass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Susquehanna is a Republucan polling firm.

In any case the race is Tilt R.

[Skittles]

3. I am urging anyone who can to donate to Val Demings campaign

I have.....because I really want to see her defeat that pious fucking worm Rubio.

[Midnight Writer]

4. At least 50% have doubts about Rubio and are open to change. That is good sign this early in.