Marco Rubio up by 8 points over Charlie Crist if Kendrick Meek wins Florida primary tonight

obama-crist-kiss-hugIf Kendrick Meek wins the Democrat nomination for Senate tonight in the Florida primaries, this bodes very well. Not for Meek, but for Marco Rubio. According to the latest left wing PPP poll, if Meek wins the nomination, as he is expected to do easily, Marco Rubio would begin the general election in the lead at 40%, followed by Charlie Crist at 32%, and Meek at 17%. Should Jeff Greene pull of an upset tonight, Rubio would begin at 37%, Crist at 36%, and Greene at only 13%. This same poll in mid July had the orange flip flopper Crist ahead of Rubio by 6 points with Meek being the Democrat challenger. Or should I say, the other Democrat challenger.

Democrats have gotten to know Meek over the course of the primary campaign they’ve generally decided they like him and that’s cut into Crist’s support for the general election.

The other big difference is that many Republican voters have moved off the fence and they’ve almost universally moved into the Rubio column. Where Rubio had a 54-23 lead with GOP voters in July, it’s now increased to 69-20. Many Republicans were up in the air between Crist and Rubio previously but whatever they’ve seen over the last month has moved them more firmly into the Rubio column.

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August 24, 2010 · Filed Under 2010 Elections


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