Republican Primary is benefitting Democrat Alex Sink in Florida Governor Race

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2010

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLL: TOM JENSEN 919-744-6312

Sink leads Rick Scott 36--30 and Attorney General Bill McCollum 37--23. In both horseraces Independent candidate Bud Chiles finishes third with less than a sixth of the vote.

Despite leading the race Sink has relatively low name recognition, 54% of Florida voters say they have yet to form an opinion of the Democratic nominee. She is fairly unknown amongst Democrats as well.

Forty nine per cent of Floridians within her own party are unsure of their opinion of Sink and only per cent  have a favorable opinion. Sink is certainly benefiting from the brutally competitive Republican Primary.

The Republican primary battle is taking its toll on both McCollum and Scott. Both candidates are undoubtedly better known (at this time) than Sink, but it is not necessarily in their favor.

Forty one per cent of Florida voters have an unfavorable opinion of Scott and 51% have an unfavorable opinion of McCollum.

The negative campaigning has worked, but it is unclear if either candidate has really benefited from the attacks. 40% of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of McCollum and 30% of Republicans have an unfavorable opinion of Scott.

While Scott may have the upper hand now, the negative attention may continue to be a scar on his campaign even into the general election.

PPP surveyed 900 Florida voters from July 16-18. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.26%.

Sink has not been aggressively campaigning and may be saving her funds for the general election. Scott, who was the former CEO of (Columbia) HCA, was forced out of the executive office when HCA received a a record $1.7 billion fine for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Scott left HCA with a $300 million golden parachute.


Scott has never been involved in Florida politics and is using his own money to run for governor. McCollum and Scott have been feuding over who is more pro choice and Scott has also tried to make Florida border security an issue like in Arizona.


Neither issue will help Scott much in the general election with the high Florida unemployment and the oil crisis in the gulf. 


Scoot will be bloodied in South Florida if he gets the GOP nod. South Florida has a large Latin population that won't forget Scott' s border security isue that is really anti-Hispanic.


Democrats should win the governor's mansion this year and also make some big inroads in the state house. 

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