Florida Poll: The economy sucks, Rubio lied and Scott vs. Sink would be close

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Source: Suffolk University/7NEWS (WSVN-Miami) poll

Florida voters favor stopping foreign aid in light of the U.S. deficit, and many believe that the Republican Party is stalling efforts to jumpstart the economy for political reasons, according to a Suffolk University/7NEWS (WSVN-Miami) poll of registered voters in the Sunshine State.

With 51 percent of voters saying that jobs and the economy are the most pressing issues in the nation today, 49 percent said they believe that the Republicans are intentionally hindering efforts to boost the economy so that President Barack Obama will not be reelected. Thirty-nine percent disagreed. As expected, most registered Democrats (70 percent) agreed that Republicans are intentionally hindering the economy and hurting Obama, but independents (52 percent) and even some Republicans (24 percent) also agreed.

Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s performance continued to be rated “negative and damaging” by 37 percent of voters, compared to 26 percent who said it was “positive and productive” and 26 percent who said it had little impact. His performance fares slightly better than in Suffolk University’s April poll, when 41 percent put it in the negative category.

Voters expressed their opinion over the tempest that has developed over Sen. Marco Rubio’s narration of his family history related to Castro and Cuba, with 41 percent saying they believe that Rubio exaggerated his parents’ immigration story and 26 percent saying that he told the truth


Read more: http://saintpetersblog.com/2011/11/florida-poll-the-economy-sucks-rubio-lied-and-scott-vs-sink-would-be-close/

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What? Tea Party campaigns for small businesses to stop hiring people is not enough evidence for you? Who are these 51%?

[DonCoquixote]

1. Cue that "independent" Crist

to run, and everybody, including this very board, to ask the democrat to step aside in favor of chain gang, oil drill loving, Charlie.

NO, I will not forget the way even the mods broke their "though shalt not work against a democrat" rule to throw kendrick Meek under the bus.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Look at how well that worked out last time:

[No Elephants]

5. Don't blame me. I don't trust people who change Parties depending only on what

seems likeliest to further their own career.

Not Lieberman, not Specter and not Crist.

If you are lucky, you might get them elected, ala Lieberman, but you have no way of knowing what happens after that, also ala Lieberman.

I was for Lamont, Meek and Sestak. And, yes, all of them lost, but the party was divided all on all three too.

And how do Crist, Spectre and Lieberman look now?

[Zephie]

3. +1

[n2doc]

4. I guess things have to get still worse for many Floridians to wake up n/t

[No Elephants]

6. It's not "things" as much as the explanations of things they get from RW media.

Things are bad enough for them, but the RW tells them things are bad because of Democrats.

And that gets drummed in every day, including, for churchgoers, at church.

If Dems want to win elections, they have to be Dems and also to re-structure their propaganda efforts. They're dismal.

Rethugs start in Sunday School, school (public and private), youth groups and then college Republican groups (from which we got the likes of Rove). And then the RW corporate media and the RW fringe media take over, even sports radio.

We need to surrender or get on the ball (whatever that means. My MIL's expression, LOL). Preferably the latter.