Posted on 02/14/2006 8:59:28 AM PST by Neville72
Florida Senate: Republicans Supporting Harris
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
February 6, 2006
Election 2006
Florida Senator
Bill Nelson (D) 49% Katherine Harris (R) 40% RasmussenReports.com
February 14, 2006--In recent weeks, several Republican political leaders in Florida have stopped trying to push Katherine Harris out of the U.S. Senate campaign and decided to support her efforts. Governor Jeb Bush, Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, and members of the state's Congressional delegation have indicated that they will campaign for Harris.
Rank-and-file Republicans have made the adjustment as well. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of GOP voters now plan to vote for Harris in November. That's up from 59% in early January and matches Senator Bill Nelson's support among Democrats.
Overall, however, Harris still trails Nelson by nine percentage points, 49% to 40% (see crosstabs). Among voters not affiliated with either the Republicans or Democrats, Harris trails badly, 64% to 18%.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Florida voters now have a favorable opinion of Harris, up from 34% a month ago. Forty percent (40%) have an unfavorable opinion.
Nelson is viewed favorably by 53% and unfavorably by 27%.
Visit the Rasmussen Reports Election Polls page to see a summary of our latest state-by state polling.
CrossTabs for this survey are available for Premium Forty-seven percent (47%) of Florida voters say economic issues are more important than the War in Iraq. Forty percent (40%) say Iraq is more important.
Visit our Election Polls page to see a summary of our latest state-by state polling. Rasmussen Reports is polling every Senate and Governors' race at least once a month this year.
CrossTabs for this survey are available for Premium Members.
Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.
The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdgeTM Premium Service for Election 2006 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a mid-term election. We are polling every Senate and Governor's race at least once a month. We also update the President's Job Approval on a daily basis.
Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.
During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.
Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.
The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 6, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology).
A shame. She won't win. Nelson is moderate enough (in acutality vs. appearance is something to be debated) that he'll draw enough from both sides of the aisle. Could be worse, I guess.
Nelson is well liked by most everyone in the state. His efforts to protect and even add to military installations has won favor in Jacksonville and the Panhandle.
Harris needs to link him to the rest of the Senate liberals by showing how many times he voted with Kennedy, Boxer, etc.
"A vote for Bill Nelson is a vote for Ted Kennedy" would be a good slogan.
Ahhh, I fell better now.
You're joking right?
SHA-Zam!
He voted against the ban on partial birth abortion and he voted against Judge Alito.
He gave Michael Moore's radical propaganda movie 'Farenheit 911' a thumbs up!
His voting record is as liberal as Hillary & Kennedy!
If you want Harris to win......join her team & make a donation so she can tell Floridians the truth about Nelson!
GO HERE: http://www.electharris.org
Did you just write that? I don't like him at all, and I don't know anyone who does.
Confirm Judge Alito to the SCOTUS? Nelson (D) Florida: Nay.
The worn-out photo posted endlessly is getting tiresome, to boot....if you pardon the pun.
Or, if this suggestion rubs any droolers the wrong way, and just to be fair, someone should start posting some full frontal photos of conservative male senatorial candidates in thin, skin tight jeans and bare torsos posing next to horses.
Yep, that would do it. That's the ticket. That would help their candidacies immeasurably.
Hubba, hubba.
Leni
Congresswoman Harris has a record of accomplishment and deserves to be treated with respect.
A former IBM marketing executive and vice president of a commercial real estate firm, Congresswoman Harris earned a Master's Degree from Harvard University with a specialization in international trade and negotiations, and a Bachelor's Degree in history from Agnes Scott College. She studied abroad at the University of Madrid and at L'Abri outside Geneva, Switzerland.
Congresswoman Harris has received numerous honors for her dedicated work on behalf of Florida including: the Mel Fisher Award for International Trade Advocacy; the Florida Economic Development Council Legislator of the Year Award; the Florida United Business Association Outstanding Legislator Award; the Florida Arts Advocacy Award; the Sarasota Manatee Jewish Family and Children Service's Philanthropy Award; the Sarasota Humanitarian of the Year Award and the Sarasota Statesman of the Year Award.
Here's one of my favorites. Katherine Harris is speaking to the Harvard Alumni group, of which she is a member:
Thanks for the ping.
This image is actually my all-around fave of KH:
Leni
Katherine Harris has improved her standing somewhat, but she still has a long way to go.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.