Rick Scott’s ‘awful’ poll numbers make Florida Republicans queasy

[RandySF]

The state of Gov. Rick Scott’s poll numbers is . . . sorry.

On Tuesday, as Scott kicked off the Legislature’s 60-day lawmaking session, he gave the annual state of the state speech, a campaign-like preview filled with job-creation statistics.

But many of Scott’s fellow Republicans were paying attention to a different set of numbers: a raft of poll data-points that make the GOP queasy because it shows Democrat Charlie Crist has broad support across Florida right now. The highlights:

• 34 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, according to one business interest’s statewide survey. This margin is 12 points greater than Democrat Alex Sink’s in the 2010 governor’s race. If she had earned Crist’s poll numbers in just these two counties, Sink would have won.

• 10 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in another business interest’s statewide poll.

• 8 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in two other business interests’ statewide polls.

• 7 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in a fourth business interest’s statewide poll.

• 6 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in a poll of Republican-controlled state House districts across Florida.

• 4 percentage points — the margin Crist beats Scott by in North Florida, a Republican stronghold. The number is well within the poll’s error margin. But it’s a cumulative 17-point shift in favor of Democrats compared to 2010, and Sink would have won the governor’s race with this North Florida margin.

• 2 percentage points — the margin Scott beats Crist by in a poll of Republican-controlled state Senate districts in North Florida. Again, it’s within the error margin. But again: If Sink had had this margin, she probably would have won the governor’s race.

• 1 percentage point — the margin Crist beats Scott by overall in that poll of Republican-controlled state Senate districts. The poll was paid for by the Republican Party of Florida.

That last number — compared to the others — might initially look like a spot of good news for Scott.



http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/09/3984566/marc-caputo-rick-scotts-awful.html#storylink=cpy

[MindMover]

1. Scott's base is dying faster than he can replace them...

[Samantha]

2. Going to be difficult to steal Florida this time with those numbers

But something tells me Scott is still going to try to find a way.

Sam

[freshwest]

11. He's still disenfranchising voters. He found a way. Only a very high turnout favors his ouster. n/t

[okaawhatever]

3. Rick Scott makes everyone queasy, not just Republicans. nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. +1

[lpbk2713]

5. People don't forget.

He wasn't in office very long when he told many of the people who supported Scott during his campaign to get lost. Now that he needs their help again they are nowhere to be found. I knew after that info got out that he would be a one termer.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. I hope so. We've had this criminal as governor for so d*mned long. nt

[KaryninMiami]

7. Let's hope those numbers stay or grow

Scott will be dumping cash in huge numbers into media buys and while Crist has a good amount of cash, Scott has far more. Hopefully there will be enough Floridians who don't buy into Scott's bullshit. We have 2 major objectives in Nov.- send Scott packing and pass medical marijuana. Wish us luck!

[rhett o rick]

8. Will the voters be using Diebold voting machines? nm

[Fuddnik]

9. Want to read something really disgusting, shocking, and revolting?

http://www.tampabay.com/topics/specials/2014/trauma-centers.page

This is a link to Part 2 of a investigative report of HCA's and other trauma centers in Florida's billing practices. Rick Scott was CEO of HCA when they paid almost a billion dollars in fines for defrauding Medicare. HCA is also owned by the former Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist's family.

They charge you $32,000 just to walk in the door, whether they treat you or not!

$32,000. Just to walk in the door.

[jmowreader]

10. This worries me

Republicans that are this fucked this early tend to get vicious.

[DonCoquixote]

12. Normally I would never say anything helpful

to the GOP, but....

If the GOP cannot find anyone to PRIMARY this Idiot, it will be their own damned fault when their former governor Charlie Crist goes to Tallahassee as a DEMOCRAT!

Sigh, I really really wish we had more to choose from than the guy I dislike and the man who is the equivalent of death for my state. A Pox on the Florida democrats for being the worst bunch of backstabbers and idiots (yeah Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, keep pushing Hillary 2016, while letting Alex Sink lose. Yeah Alex Sink, thanks for conceding the gubernatorial race faster than Al Gore in 2000.)

I will say this much, if DWS was half as competent as she thinks she is, she would be launching on all out assault on Scott, not just because it is her state, but because Scott will hand Florida to whoever the GOP candidate is in 2016. This is Rick's Florida, where you know a whole bunch of GOP voters are ready to quote "stand your ground" about how they "felt threatened" and had to shoot anyone they think is not voting their way. You know the scum ops will NOT allow Florida to remain a BLUE state during elections, especially if Texas or Ohio start to lose their Red shade.

[Lochloosa]

13. Another thing working against him will the the medical marijuana ballot initiative.

Hopefully that will bring out the "kind" voters.

[DrDan]

14. scott's contributions are much greater than Crist's so far

once the spending starts, the numbers will change

need a GOOD turnout to get rid of this cretin