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  Poll: Most Floridians down on president, unlikely to vote for Jeb
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Last EditedArmyDem  Nov 16, 2005 12:59pm
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MediaNewspaper - Bradenton Herald
News DateWednesday, November 16, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPosted on Wed, Nov. 16, 2005
BILL KACZOR
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A growing majority of Florida voters disapprove of the job President Bush is doing and say it's unlikely they would vote for his brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, if he seeks the presidency in 2008, a poll released Wednesday shows.

Russell Schweiss, a spokesman for Jeb Bush, responded to the poll by Quinnipiac University of Hamden, Conn., in a brief e-mail saying only "The governor is not running." That just reiterated what the governor repeatedly has said, but if he should change his mind the poll indicates he could lose his home state.

Fifty-eight percent of Florida voters polled said they probably or definitely would not vote for the governor in a presidential race while only 33 percent said they probably or definitely would vote for him.

The governor still could rely on Republicans - 62 percent of them said they probably or definitely would vote for him while 26 percent indicated they likely would not do so. However, he would draw little support from Florida's Democrats and independents.

The poll shows President Bush's job approval rating continuing to slide in Florida as it has nationwide.

Thirty-seven percent of Florida voters approved of the president's performance, while 61 percent disapproved, his lowest rating in any Quinnipiac Florida poll. His approval has steadily dropped from a high in September 2004 when 50 percent of Floridians polled gave him a favorable rating and 47 percent did not.

The overall disapproval mirrors the way Floridians responded to a question about the president's handling of Iraq. Florida voters disapproved 64 to 31 percent. Sixty percent of Floridians also said going to war in Iraq was the wrong thing to do while only 36 percent said it was the right thing.
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