The new Rasmussen poll of Florida shows Republican candidate Marco Rubio taking a lead in this wild and wacky three-way Senate race.
The numbers: Rubio 39%, ex-Republican and now independent Gov. Charlie Crist 31%, and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek 18%. The poll of likely voters has a ±4.5% margin of error. Two weeks ago, shortly after Crist jumped ship from the Republican primary and went independent, he had taken a lead of 38%-34% over Rubio, with Meek at 17%. The TPM Poll Average has Rubio at 36.6%, Crist 35.1%, and Meek 16.9%.
From the pollster’s analysis: “Crist, whose numbers had been in freefall in his primary match-up with Rubio, has been actively courting Democrats. But Meek now edges Crist among Democratic voters after trailing him two weeks ago.”
