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CNN: Sink leads ‘Madoff of Medicare’ by 7

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Alex Sink has pulled ahead of Medicare fraudster Rick Scott and is beating him substantially among independents. Scott, the Madoff of Medicare, spent more than $50 million to win his primary by 3 points but has failed to win the endorsement of his primary opponent, who is concerned about his character and integrity.  

New CNN Poll: Sink 49, Scott 42

And according to a CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation survey of registered voters in Florida, the Democrat holds a seven point advantage in the gubernatorial fight…

The poll indicates that Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee, has an edge over GOP nominee Rick Scott 49 to 42 percent.

“Sink is doing well among independents and moderate voters. She pulls two-thirds of the vote among moderates, and beats Scott among independents by a 50 to 37 percent margin,” says Holland.

Scott, a multi-millionaire former health care executive, spent around $50 million to top Florida Attorney General and former Rep. Bill McCollum in what turned into a bitter primary.

Bud Chiles, the son of former Florida Democratic governor and senator Lawton Chiles, recently dropped his independent bid for governor.

The CNN/Time/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted September 2-7, with 899 registered voters in Florida questioned by telephone. The survey’s overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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3 polls, 2 days: TX is a dead heat

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A PPP survey released today is just the latest poll this week to show Mayor Bill White in striking distance of the Texas governorship, joining Zogby and Republican firm Hill Research. The race is one of the cycle’s marquee contests and a Democratic pickup opportunity. While the polling is still close, White is walloping Gov. Rick Perry among independents 53-34 and he has a 44/29 fav/unfav rating.

With part-time Perry hiding from the state’s $18 billion budget gap in his luxury mansion, White’s brand of no-nonsense leadership is attracting independents and building the best favorability numbers of any candidate in the country, according to the poll. In the past week alone, White has demonstrated his serious plan for border security and called on Perry to release information about the state’s finances.

TX Gov remains competitive

Rick Perry has miserable approval numbers. Bill White, along with John Hickenlooper in Colorado, is one of the two strongest new Democratic candidates in the country this year. That would usually be the formula for a Democratic pick up but Texas is still a Republican state in a Republican year, and Perry holds a 48-42 lead over White with 8 weeks left to go until election day.

The race is confounding the major trends we’re seeing in most contests across the country. White is winning independents 53-34. Republicans have the lead with them most everywhere else. White’s winning 82% of Democrats while Perry’s getting 77% of Republicans. Republican voters are more unified than Democrats most everywhere else. But there are a lot more GOP voters than Dems in Texas so Perry’s still ahead anyway.

At 50% a majority of Texans disapprove of the job Perry’s doing with only 39% giving him good marks. Democrats dislike him (85%) a whole lot more than Republicans like him (63%) and independents split against him by a 25/64 margin.

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GOP pollsters: Perry, White tied

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Part-time Governor and full-time self-promoter Rick Perry is now tied in polling against Mayor Bill White, as the state’s $18 billion budget hole and high school dropout crisis remain unsolved, according to Republican polling firm Hill Research Consultants. White’s optimistic problem-solving approach to governing is catching on with Texas voters, according to the poll.

 Texas Watch Poll: Perry 42%, White 41%; Voters Say Home Insurance Reform Is Big Issue

Texas Watch Foundation—September 7th, 2010

A statewide public opinion survey conducted by Republican polling firm Hill Research Consultants on behalf of the Texas Watch Foundation reveals an electorate divided between incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry (42%) and Democratic challenger Bill White (41%), with a significant bloc of voters (14%) still uncommitted to either candidate. Additionally, across partisan, ideological and geographic lines, broad support is expressed for homeowners’ insurance reform proposals.

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PPP Poll: Sink +7, Scott unfaves “dreadful”

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Not only does Alex Sink have a 7-point lead in the latest PPP poll, but Republican Rick Scott’s unfavorable numbers – especially among independents – are some of the worst in the country.

The brutal GOP Civil War drove Scott’s numbers into the ground as he spent the race attacking his opponent instead of attacking Florida’s problems.

A major unanswered question: With national Republicans “reeling” from Scott’s victory, a planned unity rally scrapped, will the millionaire fraudster even be able to unite his party?

Sink starts out ahead

Rick Scott’s an unpopular candidate with a divided party and because of that Alex Sink begins the general election for Governor in Florida with a 7 point lead. Sink has 41% to 34% for Scott and 8% for Bud Chiles.

Sink is doing well because she has a higher degree of party unity than Scott does and because she’s the favorite with independents. 72% of Democrats say they’ll vote for Sink while only 57% of Republicans are committed to voting for Scott. Sink also has a 37-28 advantage with independents.

Scott has dreadful personal favorability numbers with 49% of voters holding an unfavorable opinion of him while only 28% see him favorably. His numbers are even worse with independents than they are with the population at large- a 54% majority of them see him in a negative light.

Sink is still largely unknown but she has good numbers with the people who do know her. 35% have a favorable opinion to 23% with a negative one. Scott’s chances in the general election may rest on his ability to define her with the 42% of folks who have no opinion right now before she gets the chance to define herself.

Republicans hope that Bud Chiles will play a spoiler role for Sink’s chances this fall but at this point he’s actually getting 8% of GOP votes and only 6% of Democratic votes, suggesting that for now his presence in the race is hurting Scott.

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Q poll: Sink ahead first time thanks to GOP Civil War

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

For the first time, CFO Alex Sink has pulled ahead of both Republicans in the Quinnipiac poll released today. Sink is effectively capitalizing on the vicious civil war battle being played out on the GOP side with this ad demonstrating that she is the alternative to politics as usual.

Meanwhile, negatives for both Rick Scott and Bill McCollum are jumping as their escalating battle on the airwaves is turning off Florida voters.

August 19, 2010 – Sink Inching Up In Close Florida Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds

Apparently bolstered by the civil war for the Republican nomination for Governor in Florida, State Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrat, is on the plus side of very close races over either Republican candidate, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. She gets 31 percent to State Attorney General Bill McCollum’s 29 percent. Sink gets 33 percent to businessman Rick Scott’s 29 percent. In either matchup, independent candidate Bud Chiles gets 12 percent and about 20 percent of voters are undecided.

Scott was at 29 percent to Sink’s 27 percent in a July 30 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University and McCollum had 27 percent to Sink’s 26 percent.

In the U.S. Senate race, Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent, leads Republican Marco Rubio 39 – 32 percent, with U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek getting 16 percent, if he wins the Democratic nomination. If Jeff Greene gets the Democratic nod, he gets 15 percent to Crist’s 40 percent and Rubio’s 32 percent.

President Barack Obama has a split 47 – 47 percent job approval rating, compared to a negative 46 – 50 percent approval July 30 and the President’s best score in Florida since April.

“Watching television must have been an enjoyable experience for Florida CFO Alex Sink over the last few months, as she watched Attorney General Bill McCollum and Rick Scott tear into each other with attack ads. Although she trailed either GOP competitor by eight or nine points in June, she has been the unintended beneficiary of the heavy volume of negative television ads her potential November opponents launched against each other,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“She has been able to sit back and save her money for the November election, while whoever wins the Republican primary will have substantial work to do healing wounds within his own party and cleaning up his image,” Brown added.

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