The Florida Democratic Party posted this on FACEBOOK. FYI, they do not appreciate opposing points of view. Polls can be quite meaningless. Always check the methodology. This poll surveyed 500 registered voters (not likely voters) from March 24th to March 27th. That’s Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Weekend polls tend to favor Democrats. Enjoy!
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“NEW POLL: NELSON TAKES ALL REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS TO THE WOODSHED
Yet another poll just out today shows Florida Democrat Bill Nelson clobbering all likely GOP opponents in the 2012 U.S. Senate race in the Sunshine State.
The poll, by Public Policy Polling, shows Nelson beating not one, not two, but all three likely GOP candidates: former pols Adam Hasner and George LeMieux, by 16 points and 15 points, respectively, and state Sen. Mike Haridopolos by 16 points.
In recent weeks, three other possible opponents of Nelson – TV talking-head Joe Scarborough and U.S. Reps. Connie Mack and Vern Buchanan – have all taken a pass on challenging the two-term U.S. senator. The new PPP survey showed Scarborough and Mack also badly trailed Nelson. The poll didn’t include Buchanan.
“With double-digit leads over all of his prospective opponents and few voters who dislike him, I think there’s a pretty good chance Nelson’s vulnerability has been strongly overrated,” the pollster said.
The survey, coupled with the departure of several of the possible GOP candidates, comes on the heels of the Washington Post and NBC’s “First Read” also improving the odds that Nelson will be re-elected.
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/03/nelson-in-decent-shape.html”
Any polls this early out don’t mean squat. I guess Nelson is showing that he will be hitting his opponents early and often. It’s a Democratic-based polling firm anyhow.
But I wouldn’t knock the registered voters usage for a presidential year too much…about 70% of registered voters will vote in November 2012.
Biggest advantage to Nelson will be how our Governor and Legislature handles themselves in the next year. It could be treated like a mid term correction, where the dominate party (Republicans) lose seats in Florida. Nelson would therefore get a big advantage.
Already the Governors polls have dropped like a rock. The positive side, there’s not much more room to go down more. So anything could cause it to go up some. Though I wouldn’t much hope in that.