Florida Political Polls

This is sort of related to my post a few weeks back about how popular our new Governor is. Well, Quinnipiac has released a new poll about the Governor, the legislature, and our two Senators: Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez.

Astoundingly, Crists numbers went up: 73-9 approval rating, stratospheric according to Quinnipiac.

But here's another interesting thing: Both Democrats and Republicans give strongly favorable ratings to Crist, the legislature, and Nelson (D) and Martinez (R).

How often do you see that?

In Tallahassee, They Love The Governor

To paraphrase Lynyrd Skynyrd. One thing this State has been blessed with for many years is good governors who were very popular. Bob Graham (D), Lawton Chiles (D), Jeb Bush (R), and now Charlie Crist (R).

Here are the astoundingly high poll numbers for Crist from Quinnipac poll:


30. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Charlie Crist is handling his job as Governor?

Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom
Approve 69% 77% 65% 70% 72% 67%
Disapprove 6 4 7 5 4 8
DK/NA 25 19 28 25 24 25

This is a true "get 'er done" type of guy. Don't be surprised if you see him in national office within the next 10 years.