Today’s Quinnipiac poll of the Florida governor’s race shows both potential Republican nominees edging out Democrat Alex Sink. Republican businessman Rick Scott, the frontrunner in the GOP primary, leads Sink 29%-27%, with Independent Bud Chiles grabbing 14%. In a separate matchup, Republican state Attorney General Bill McCollum narrowly leads Sink 27%-26%, while Chiles takes third, again with 14%.
Quinnipiac’s new numbers show a big improvement for Sink since its last survey, on June 7, which showed Sink down nine against Scott and down eight against McCollum.
A July 18 PPP poll showed Sink ahead of Scott and McCollum by six and 14 points respectively, and a July 11 Reuters/Ipsos survey showed Scott leading Sink 34%-31% but Sink edging McCollum 31%-30%.
The TPM Poll Average for a Scott-Sink-Chiles race gives Scott 32.0%, Sink 30.0%, and Chiles 13.3%, while the TPM Poll Average of a McCollum-Sink-Chiles race has Sink in the lead with 29.8%, McCollum with 28.3%, and Chiles with 14.8%. The margin of error for the latest Quinnipiac poll is ±3.26 percentage points.
Check out TPMDC’s full coverage of the race here.
