Posted on 03/14/2016 10:28:58 AM PDT by NYRepublican72
Donald Trump has doubled his lead over Marco Rubio in the U.S. senator’s home state of Florida, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll. Trump now has a 17 point advantage compared to an 8 point lead just last week. Many voters who approve of the job Rubio has done in his current position are backing Trump for president.
Trump has the support of 44% of likely primary voters in Florida, which is up from 38% one week ago. Rubio has the backing of 27% of his fellow Sunshine State Republicans, which is down from his 30% vote share last week. Ted Cruz earns 17% support and John Kasich has 9%, both basically unchanged from Monmouth’s prior poll.
Rubio holds a slight lead among minority voters, mainly Cuban and other Hispanic voters, of 41% to 35% over Trump, but Trump has a 46% to 23% edge among non-Hispanic whites. Trump has large leads in the northern (53% to 23%) and central (43% to 26%) parts of the state. The race is closer in Florida’s southern tier (Trump 37% and Rubio 32%), but one week ago Rubio was clinging to a slight lead in this region (41% to 30% for Trump).
(Excerpt) Read more at monmouth.edu ...
And then there's this: "The three trailing candidates all called out the frontrunner after violence broke out at a planned Trump rally in Chicago Friday night. Poll respondents interviewed on Saturday and Sunday were asked how that incident affected their vote intentions. Most (66%) say it had no impact on their support. However, twice as many said it made them more likely (22%) rather than less likely (11%) to support Trump."
Additionally, Monmouth pollsters found that Trump’s lead in Florida increased with each night of interviewing, although it is not clear whether this was directly related to the events in Chicago or other factors in the campaign’s final days, such as advertising.
RUBIO 2
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Grr. 27. Typo that I missed.
Foam boy at 2? Sounds like a crash, or a misprint
Might as well be 2. lol
Looking good, Foam Boy!
I was hoping for 2.
Rubio 2 is pretty awesome.
Ask the mods to fix the title.
Nevermind.:-)
Divided Cubans = Trump victory.
I think Jeb will come out and endorse Rubio after he loses FL and drops out -
The ONLY thing left, of interest, in the FLorida voting, is the level of voter fraud that occurs!!
I have a feeling we are in for big riots this summer when Trump get’s the nomination! YIPPPEEE.
I don't know where Rush gets his Polls?
Jeb Bush
I know you are arguing methodology here, but the variance of these polls are all over the map.
Trump Bump!
But, I thought “surging” Cruz was in second place???
lil marco getting smaller
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