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Marco Rubio Crushing Charlie Crist Among Florida GOP Grassroots
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Sep 05, 2009 05:41pm |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 2, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The most telling polling item I have seen in 2009 regarding the 2010 Republican Senate primary between Gov. Charlie Crist and conservative former state House Speaker Marco Rubio is the following tidbit from a late-June Mason-Dixon poll:
Among Republican voters who recognize both candidates, 33 percent back Crist and 31 percent back Rubio.
Crist has been acknowledged to have near-universal name recognition among Floridians, while Rubio is working to introduce himself to many voters - even many Republicans - for the first time. However, among Republicans who know both men, we have a statistical dead heat. This bodes well for Rubio, indicating that, as he increases his name ID, he will continue to sap support from Crist and even things up.
Consider who would know both men best: the Republican grassroots of Florida, the activists who work to get these men elected. Among these activists, these voters most in-the-know, Rubio actually crushes Charlie Crist. The rundown so far: |
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