InsiderAdvantage Florida Political Survey
What is your opinion of the job performance of Governor Charlie Crist?
- Approve 48%
- Disapprove 41%
There are several versions of a new national healthcare bill being considered by the Congress. In general, what is your opinion of the passage of a national healthcare bill by Congress?
- Favor passage 49%
- Oppose 47%
What is your opinion of a fee to be charged by the government on any individual who does not obtain healthcare insurance?
- Favor 24%
- Oppose 66%
What is your opinion of a national tax on financial transactions, such as the sale of stock by individuals and other entities?
- Favor 23%
- Oppose 63%
Recently, it was announced that President Barack Obama is the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. What is your opinion of President Obama’s selection as winner of the Nobel Prize for 2009?
- The president should be awarded the Nobel Prize 33%
- The president should not be awarded the Nobel Prize 47%
Survey of 523 registered voters was conducted October 13. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Aron,
Dalke has already cited this poll in a thread today.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I mean it’s on the front page already.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
A relatively astute electorate. They (narrowly) favor free medical care but reject any method of paying for it. They don’t seem to have a very rosy opinion of Obama, but, on the whole, seem to like Crist just fine. We can work with that.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
[...] Fort Meyers, FL, News-Press reports that a new poll pegs Charlie Crist’s approval rating at a number much lower than the Governor has become [...]
October 14th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Dave,
For 14 more months we can work with it. After that, Charlie Crist will be out of a job.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Matt,
You really seem to have it in for Crist. Not as bad as Alex has it in for Mitt, but pretty bad. What’s up with that? You listed a few things awhile back, but nothing that amounted to much, so what is it?
Seeing as how his endorsement of McCain just before the Florida Primary was the reason Mitt lost the nomination, I should be the one with the animus toward him, but what did he do to you?? Just curious.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
With the opinion on Charlie moving so much, it shows something is going on. I think we are going to see that many GOP voters are going unfavorable on Crist in light of Marco Rubio becoming known to them. I think we will see a good jump for Marco Rubio in the next head-to-head match-up. My guess it will somewhere in the neighborhood of Crist 50%, Rubio 35% which is a gap of 15% compared to about 23% in August. If Rubio can pull above 40% by the end of March, and have Crist below 50% by then, Rubio should win this.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Dave,
I think Crist is a fake and a phony. I think Crist is everything Mitt’s worst detractors think he is, but much, much, better at it. I think he has no political principles worth speaking of- that he’d cast aside his own mother to get ahead. And I think he’s a stunning mediocrity which is something Mitt couldn’t be accused of on his worst day.
October 15th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I just got a “BREAKING NEWS” e-mail that said:
Obama wins the Heisman Trophy after watching a college football game!
October 15th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Matt,
I appreciate the response. You probably know more about Charlie than I do, so I don’t know that you’re wrong about him. I’ve never perceived him to be that disingenuous, so I’ll look for it from now on to see whether it’s there. Thanks.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_cola/print
Hillary Clinton Now More Popular Than Barack Obama
Secretary of state viewed favorably by 62% of Americans, president by 56%
http://www.gallup.com/poll/123665/Hillary-Clinton-More-Popula-Barack-Obama.aspx?version=print
House Republicans may face a ‘civil war’ over Scozzafava bid
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/63163-house-gop-may-face-a-civil-war-over-scozzafava
Owens pulls into the lead in NY 23
Democrat Bill Owens has taken over the lead in the upcoming special election in upstate New York, according to a new Siena Research Institute poll. The survey shows Owens leading Republican Dede Scozzafava 33 to 29 percent, with Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman pulling in a significant 23 percent of the vote. Owens and Hoffman have each gained ground since the pollster’s first survey earlier in the month, while Scozzafava has lost support.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Owens_pulls_into_the_lead_in_NY_23.html
New York 23: Another Train Wreck for House Republicans?
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_39/rothenberg/39406-1.html
Republicans see vulnerable Dem as litmus test for their 2010 strategy
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/63157-republicans-see-childers-race-as-2010-strategy-test
GOPers pick wrong fights
By A.B. Stoddard
http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/ab-stoddard/63137-gopers-pick-wrong-fights
The beast of new journalism
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dd46b90-b906-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
October 16th, 2009 at 7:59 am
According to todays Miami Herald “Gov. Crist seems unfazed by slip in approval rating, Senate polls.” May he continue to be unfazed as he goes down the tube. Keep pulling his chain Marco!