Rubio polling within 10 points of Crist

Dramatic news in the Republican primary for Florida’s U.S. Senate race: A Research 2000/DailyKos poll (600 LV, MoE ±4%) released today shows that former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio has closed to within ten points of Governor Charlie Crist.

Today’s poll represents a 43-point swing for Mr. Rubio over the past ten months in Research 2000 polling. Of the Republicans surveyed, 47 preferred Governor Crist, 37 percent preferred Mr. Rubio, and the remaining 16 percent were undecided.

The poll also measured the Governor’s race from several angles. If the Governor’s race is Bill McCollum (R) vs. Alex Sink (D), Mr. McCollum edges Ms. Sink slightly, 35-33. If the race is Paula Dockery (R) vs. Sink (D), Ms. Sink leads Ms. Dockery 35-13. Mr. McCollum leads Ms. Dockery among Republicans for the nomination 45-9.

53% of Floridians polled support a government-administered public healthcare option.

See the entire poll at Daily Kos.

Links

• Daily Kos: “FL-Sen: Bombshell results” (full results)