Posted on 09/19/2018 7:43:23 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Democrat Andrew Gillum holds a 6-point lead over Ron DeSantis (R) in the hotly contested gubernatorial campaign in Florida, according to a new poll.
The Reuters–Ipsos–UVA Center for Politics poll found that 50 percent of voters surveyed support Gillum, compared to 44 percent who back DeSantis.
The remaining percentage of voters said they support a different candidate or did not indicate support for any candidate.
Gillum and DeSantis are running to replace outgoing Gov. Rick Scott (R), who is term-limited and running for Senate. The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, rates the gubernatorial contest a “toss-up.”
The Reuters poll shows Gillum with a slightly larger cushion than most other polls have shown thus far.
A RealClearPolitics average of polls in shows Gillum with a lead of roughly 4 percentage points.
Gillum, currently the mayor of Tallahassee, has earned the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and has campaigned on a progressive agenda that includes expanding Medicare to cover everyone.
DeSantis, who resigned as a congressman earlier this month to focus on campaigning for governor, has received the endorsement of President Trump.
DeSantis sparked controversy just a day after he and Gillum won their respective primaries when he urged voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for Gillum, who would be the state's first African-American governor, and his policies in the November election.
His comments prompted fierce backlash, with critics suggesting the remarks had racial undertones or were outright racist.
DeSantis denied that race had anything to do with his comments, but instead argued he was focusing on "ideas and principles."
The Reuters–Ipsos–UVA Center for Politics poll surveyed 1,000 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The Poll is saying Voters in Florida have gone insane ?
we shall see
if FLA wants to be taxed into oblivion and become Californian II then what can you say?
Rassmussen has Gillum up the most by +6.
Every single poll has him up. Not good...AT ALL.
Rassmussen is credible and has Gillum up the most out of any poll +6
Link please
The media really played up that silly “monkey” comment DeSantis made on Day 1 with Black voters
Lot of muslims in Florida
The ONLY poll that counts is Election Day, that is why HELLARY is POTUS, how soon you have ALL forgotten!!! Pay NO ATTENTION to the polls for crying out loud on Election Day the exit polls said Trump was losing big time!!! Ivanka told her dad on election night he didn’t have a chance AND need I say more!!!! Just GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
Trump has his work cut out for him to drag DeSantis, Cruz, and others across the finish line.
The Palestinian muslims around here eat up everything Michael Moore says... not sure about the non-Palestinian ones.
Lots of liberal Jews.
Lots of angry potheads.
Lots of Obama worshippers.
Lots of tourist businesses upset about lack of illegals to employ.
Lots of environmentalist nuts who thing reforming the EPA and endangered species act means birds are dropping dead from deregulation already.
Lots of people fooled into thinking that red tide is man made in spite of history saying otherwise, and a direct result of cutting the EPA.
Lots of really, really dumb college students.
Cruz is in trouble too...oh..that was last week.
That poll was from some outfit called pulse
Any time I read a poll I go to the end of the poll and look at the internals of their polling methods. If those internals are not published I do not read the poll as by omission of the internals it is crap and nothing more than political propaganda.
It should be noted that Rasmussen in his personal political beliefs is left of center. His polls are 100% devoid of politics. His accuracy and fairness have made him rich. This was not a Rasmussen poll.
ps
If one looks at a Rasmussen poll all the internals of the poll are published. As mentioned before, a poll without published internal polling methods is crap.
Not in Broward County. Dead people and imaginary people vote early and often.
Republicans simply must turn out in numbers sufficient to overcome the Democrat margin-of-fraud. Not an easy task.
Published polls say whatever their sponsors want them to say. They are propaganda with no real information content any more.
Get out and vote.
A vote for ANY LIEberal Democrat (and this one is a LIEberal as they come!) is a vote AGAINST America!
Urge your FRiends, relatives and business partners/acquaintances to vote REPUBLICAN!
We must not let LIEberals win in November!
duplicate post .
posted today already
Trump will be in Florida for DeSantis....not so sure...POTUS is pissed at him since DeSantis took up after the Prez over the Puerto Rico mess regarding the death toll from Maria. Love Trump but he should have stayed out of this. No way Adam Putnam could have lost to this Gillum guy.
Reuters cooked up Awful polls for a Dozen state races but only
pushed this one .
No internals were given for any race .
Pure Reuters push polls .
Reuters does only Online polling .
Real garbage .
Rasmussen sold his polling firm .And that was
done by some Pulse co.
No internals .
This thing was posted here already .
Reuters did not publish internals .
This FL push poll was only one of a dozen push polls done by Reuters .
No internals for any .
Reuters is playing Push poll games here .
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