MARCO SURGES IN FLORIDA – AT 10:15 A.M. ET: A new poll shows Senator Marco Rubio of Florida surging in his own home state against former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Yet, both still trail Donald Trump. From Newsmax:
Sen. Marco Rubio has pulled ahead of Jeb Bush in their home state of Florida following the GOP debate earlier this month, according to a new Florida Atlantic University poll that puts the senator in second place behind part-time Floridian Donald Trump.
Bush, a former governor and political mentor of Rubio's, placed third in the poll, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
The numbers break down as follows:
Trump, 31.5 percent
Rubio, 19.2 percent
Bush, 11.3 percent
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who lives in West Palm Beach, Fla., 10.3 percent
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, 8.3 percent
The survey was conducted by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative in the College of Business between Sept. 17- 20.
And...
Also in the poll, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton remained on top, with 59.5 percent of likely voters from her party. Vice President Joe Biden, who has not yet announced his candidacy, netted 15.9 percent, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, with 15.2 percent. The remaining candidates received less than 2 percent of those polled.
In matchups between the Republican candidates and Clinton, though, she came in behind the GOP frontrunners:
Carson had 51.7 percent of the Florida vote to Clinton's 39.5 percent
Rubio had 50.4 percent to Clinton's 42.2 percent
Bush beat Clinton, 49.1 percent to 40.9 percent
Trump and Clinton were tied, with 45.9 percent for him and 44.5 percent for her
And...
Clinton also marked a negative favorability rating in the poll, which showed she was viewed unfavorably by 53.7 percent of Florida voters and favorably by 40.7 percent, giving her a negative net rating of 13 percentage points.
COMMENT: Clinton's weakness is stunning. Florida is a must-win for Democrats. But the polls of today will be ancient history in a month. Don't underestimate the ability of the liberal media to shape the election and influence the result substantially. They've done it before.
September 23, 2015 |