Rasmussen Flo Sen : Mack (R) 46%, Nelson (D) 37%

Rasmussen Reports ^

[sunmars]

Republican Congressman Connie Mack draws his highest level of support yet against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson in Florida’s 2012 U.S. Senate race.

A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Mack earning 46% of the vote to Nelson’s 37%. Seven percent (7%) prefer some other candidate, and 10% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

The numbers were flipped back in April when Nelson held a 47% to 36% lead over Mack. At that time, Mack still had heavy competition for the GOP nomination and was being heavily criticized for a lackluster campaign. The contest was closer in earlier surveys.

This race is now considered Leans Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Senate Balance of Power. Elections for 33 U.S. Senate seats will be held in November, and Democrats have more than twice as many seats they now hold at stake compared to seats with Republican incumbents.

Mack is expected to easily win the Republican primary on August 14. Nelson was elected to the Senate in 2000 to fill the seat vacated by Mack’s father.

[sunmars]

Huge swing back to GOP from April on this seat.

Obamacare went down like a lead ballon in Florida. Hopefully Connie can remove that cancer Nelson double asap.

[Paladin2]

Flo is running for Senate?

[stefanbatory]

yeah, that gig at Progressive is not working out so well for her...she needs better health insurance

[sanjuanbob]

She’s very Progressive.

[InterceptPoint]

Good News Ping.

[Gay State Conservative]

Assuming these figures are accurate this is big...big for several reasons,including taking the Senate *and* measuring the possible sentiment toward Osama Obama.

[randita]

Looking good. Let’s hope we can move the Florida race in the Gain column soon after the primary if this holds up.

[randita]

Ping.

[Skulllspitter]

Margin of error or just plain error. The race is fairly close and probably won't move much until after the primary.

If Connie makes it to the Senate he'll fit right in. The only question is when he'll come out for gay marriage.

[Reagan69]

Holy Guacamole !

[Lionheartusa1]

Good news for a perspective Senate takeover by the Rs .

[scooby321]

Nelson is not liked in Florida

Amazing he ever got elected

[sunmars]

killer line : Mack draws 86% support from voters in his own party, while Nelson is backed by just 66% of the state’s Democrats.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I’d like to see confirmation from another poll before celebrating. Mack had *not* been polling well recently.

[randita]

There was a Quinnipiac from June 23 which had Nelson 43%, Mack 39%, and one from June 27 which had Nelson 41%, Mack 40%. Still a lot of people undecided.

An incumbent polling around only 40% in three polls a few weeks apart is not going to get the job done.

[Joe Brower]

Florida Freeper

[nathanbedford]

The implications for the national race are obvious; less obvious are the negative implications for any vice presidential hopes nurtured by Barack Obama.

My guess is we are seeing a break across the country against Obama and the Democrats judging from these data and the news favoring a big bulge for Republicans among independents , the recent modest move nationally by Romney over Obama according to Rasmussen, and the polls showing voters favor congressional Republicans over congressional Democrats.

[nathanbedford]

Correction: I meant to refer to the vice presidential hopes of Marco Rubio, if any.

Forgive the brain lock.

[jmaroneps37]

Okay Mack leads by 11 and Nelson is under 40 and this makes Florida close? Don’t think so!

[GWB00]

Wow Great News! I saw polls some months back that left me with little hope of getting this Spaceman out of office.

[ScottinVA]

Huzzah!!

Hope it holds. That’d be a great pickup.

[tsowellfan]

Connie Mack’s website

http://conniemack.com

http://twitter.com/conniemackiv

https://www.facebook.com/ConnieMackIV

[arrogantsob]

And some polls are say the race between the Disaster and Romney is close? Funny stuff, downright hilarious.

[chris37]

WHOA!

That is good news.

I swear, if I never hear Nelson’s moronic drawl again, it’ll be TOO DAMN SOON!

[brytlea]

I don’t really like her because of that “Progressive” thing...

[bicyclerepair]

Other good news:

Saw a billboard with Karen Harrington on it the other day.

She’s dws’s first ever opponent (2010 40k to 25k votes).

East-bound on 595 from Univ. Dr.

I plan on volunteering for her before the election. My Father-in-law worked in West’s office for 2 weeks before last elec.

[brytlea]

I so cannot stand him. I would vote for a rock if it would get him out of there.

[Isabel C.]

Would it have been so inconvenient for you to spell out the name of the state in the title instead of typing “FLO”, which isn’t even a standard abbreviation for Florida. The USPS postal code abbreviation for Florida is FL and the other standard abbreviation for Florida is Fla.

[JPG]

Flo hangs around until ‘last call’ but still leaves alone.

[sunmars]

oh excuse me, did not realise the grammar police was in, next time you do the posts.

[sunmars]

even better, go get the news yourself, you post something and all you get is grief for this and that, next time i won’t bother, anyone can make a typo you know.

[newgeezer]

even better, go get the news yourself, you post something and all you get is grief for this and that, next time i won’t bother, anyone can make a typo you know.

One wonders how many knew they could have spared you all that grief by clicking the Report Abuse link and asking to have the "typo" corrected.

I would have. But, alas, the damage is done.

[justiceseeker93]

Ping!!!

[HenpeckedCon]

I think I’d hit Flo after last call.

[SMGFan]

Send Nelson back into space! He votes with the far left extremist and he is one. If our candidates will not call them what they are , they / we will lose

[Impy]

I think I’d hit Flo after last call.

I would as well, all night.

[Impy]

Well he was strong enough to win a statewide election in 1994 and again in 1998.

Bill McColluom should have beat him in 2000 but probably ran a lackluster race.

K Harris was a joke so this is first real reelection test.

[freedomlover]

“Flo is running for Senate?”

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No you ninny, Rasmussen is flossin’ Mack 46% of the time, and Nelson 37% of the time.

Sounds pretty gross though.

[1035rep]

Good news!

[ChildOfThe60s]

Nelson is pond scum. He pissed all over our vets when I lived in Florida. That’s a story for later. Got a lightning storm coming gotta get off.

[MEG33]

Go Connie!

[ken5050]

FYI..a few weeks ago the Tampa Trib...ultra liberal rag, had an article about Nelson..the usual puff piece...talking about how he was going to win re-election...The consensus was tghat he woudl have to "run several point AHEAD of Obama" in order to keep his seat.

Good luck with that!!..and it shows that in effect the Dems have already written off FL's electoral votes. I've been saying for months that it is all over here in the Sunshine State...Obama loses 54-46%..it won't be close..

[GOPsterinMA]

I posted years ago that Flo would be perfect for DJ.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ick.

[Paladin2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwE3eGAs4rw&feature=related

[Paladin2]

When was the abbreviation for Fla. ever Flo?

[stefanbatory]

the yankees that infest south florida sometimes abbreviate it as soflo...

[GOPsterinMA]

You two would make a sweet couple.

Plus, you could get a discount on insurance policies of all types.

Prototypical “win/win” situation.

[fieldmarshaldj]

#1, I don’t find her attractive, she looks like a clown.
#2, I find her personality to be even more annoying.

[GOPsterinMA]

Dude, chill. It’s a joke...

I’m sure she looks better when she’s not “Flo-ed” up though.