Poll Watch: Quinnipiac Florida Senatorial Survey

Quinnipiac Florida Senatorial Survey

If the 2010 election for United States Senator were being held today and the candidates were Kendrick Meek the Democrat, Marco Rubio the Republican, and Charlie Crist running as an independent candidate, for whom would you vote?

• Marco Rubio 46% [32%] (33%) {33%} [30%]
• Charlie Crist 33% [39%] (39%) {37%} [32%]
• Kendrick Meek 18% [16%] (13%) {17%} [24%]

Among Independents

• Charlie Crist 45% [50%] (50%) {51%} [38%]
• Marco Rubio 40% [25%] (28%) {26%} [29%]
• Kendrick Meek 12% [10%] (8%) {10%} [15%]

Among Republicans

• Marco Rubio 83% [68%] (69%) {64%} [64%]
• Charlie Crist 13% [22%] (23%) {28%} [30%]
• Kendrick Meek 1% [1%] (0%) {2%} [0%]

Among Democrats

• Charlie Crist 46% [45%] (42%) {37%} [27%]
• Kendrick Meek 43% [36%] (33%) {44%} [55%]
• Marco Rubio 8% [6%] (7%) {7%} [5%]

Among Men

• Marco Rubio 48% [39%] (38%) {39%} [36%]
• Charlie Crist 36% [39%] (40%) {36%} [30%]
• Kendrick Meek 13% [12%] (13%) {13%} [21%]

Among Women

• Marco Rubio 42% [25%] (29%) {29%} [25%]
• Charlie Crist 31% [40%] (37%) {38%} [34%]
• Kendrick Meek 23% [19%] (13%) {20%} [27%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Marco Rubio 49% [35%] (35%) {36%} [36%] (32%) {24%} [15%] (14%) / 35% [28%] (24%) {28%} [22%] (14%) {11%} [9%] (11%) {+14%}
• Charlie Crist 45% [53%] (49%) {52%} [48%] (52%) {58%} [60%] (60%) / 47% [33%] (35%) {33%} [35%] (36%) {30%} [27%] (28%) {-2%}
• Kendrick Meek 29% [24%] (17%) {17%} [18%] (18%) {20%} [14%] (12%) / 39% [25%] (17%) {13%} [8%] (8%) {8%} [5%] (7%) {-10%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charlie Crist is handling his job as Governor?

• Approve 51% [56%] (53%) {57%} [49%] (50%) {59%} [60%] (62%)
• Disapprove 43% [35%] (37%) {35%} [39%] (38%) {31%} [30%] (28%)

Among Independents

• Approve 54% [62%] (59%) {62%} [50%] (51%) {65%} [63%] (61%)
• Disapprove 37% [28%] (30%) {33%} [37%] (36%) {17%} [27%] (31%)

Among Republicans

• Approve 31% [39%] (38%) {49%} [49%] (62%) {62%} [66%] (68%)
• Disapprove 63% [52%] (57%) {44%} [42%] (32%) {30%} [28%] (21%)

Among Democrats

• Approve 72% [68%] (65%) {61%} [52%] (40%) {54%} [54%] (59%)
• Disapprove 24% [24%] (23%) {31%} [37%] (43%) {34%} [35%] (30%)

Survey of 1,151 Florida voters was conducted September 23-28, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted August 11-16, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 22-27, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted June 1-7, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted April 8-13, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted January 20-24, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted October 12 – 18, 2009 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted August 12-17, 2009 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted June 2-7, 2009 are in parentheses.