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 42% (44%) {46%} [32%] (33%) {33%} [30%]
• Charlie Crist 35% (30%) {33%} [39%] (39%) {37%} [32%]
• Kendrick Meek 15% (22%) {18%} [16%] (13%) {17%} [24%]

Among Independents

• Charlie Crist 43% (42%) {45%} [50%] (50%) {51%} [38%]
• Marco Rubio 38% (32%) {40%} [25%] (28%) {26%} [29%]
• Kendrick Meek 9% (19%) {12%} [10%] (8%) {10%} [15%]

Among Republicans

• Marco Rubio 77% (85%) {83%} [68%] (69%) {64%} [64%]
• Charlie Crist 19% (13%) {13%} [22%] (23%) {28%} [30%]
• Kendrick Meek 1% (1%) {1%} [1%] (0%) {2%} [0%]

Among Democrats

• Charlie Crist 51% (38%) {46%} [45%] (42%) {37%} [27%]
• Kendrick Meek 36% (50%) {43%} [36%] (33%) {44%} [55%]
• Marco Rubio (5%) {8%} [6%] (7%) {7%} [5%]

Among Men

• Marco Rubio 45% (49%) {48%} [39%] (38%) {39%} [36%]
• Charlie Crist 40% (29%) {36%} [39%] (40%) {36%} [30%]
• Kendrick Meek 9% (18%) {13%} [12%] (13%) {13%} [21%]

Among Women

• Marco Rubio 39% (37%) {42%} [25%] (29%) {29%} [25%]
• Charlie Crist 30% (31%) {31%} [40%] (37%) {38%} [34%]
• Kendrick Meek 22% (26%) {23%} [19%] (13%) {20%} [27%]

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Charlie Crist 46% (45%) {45%} [53%] (49%) {52%} [48%] (52%) {58%} [60%] (60%) / 44% (47%) {47%} [33%] (35%) {33%} [35%] (36%) {30%} [27%] (28%) {+2%}
• Marco Rubio 44% (48%) {49%} [35%] (35%) {36%} [36%] (32%) {24%} [15%] (14%) / 42% (34%) {35%} [28%] (24%) {28%} [22%] (14%) {11%} [9%] (11%) {+2%}
• Kendrick Meek 33% (33%) {29%} [24%] (17%) {17%} [18%] (18%) {20%} [14%] (12%) / 35% (36%) {39%} [25%] (17%) {13%} [8%] (8%) {8%} [5%] (7%) {-2%}

Survey of 784 likely voters was conducted October 18-24, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 3.5 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted October 6-10, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted September 23-28, 2010 are in curly brackets.  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.