A new Quinnipiac poll of Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary shows wealthy businessman Rick Scott 11 points ahead of state Attorney General and establishment favorite Bill McCollum. The poll shows Scott, who’s been ahead of McCollum in most polls since June, leading 43%-32%.
On Tuesday, McCollum’s campaign released an internal polling memo showing McCollum down just six points against Scott. Scott’s 11-point lead in the latest Quinnipiac poll is slightly less than his lead in a June 8 Quinnipiac survey, which put Scott at 44% and McCollum at 31%.
The TPM Poll Average for the August 24 primary shows Scott ahead 40.4%-31.2%. The margin of error for the latest Quinnipiac poll is ±3.6 percentage points.
Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary is among the nation’s nastiest, and Scott has been burying McCollum under a whole lot of negative ads, and taken the lead in the process.
Full TPMDC coverage of the race here.
