Crist may be persona non grata in 'his own party,' but polls show he'd beat Rick Scott like a drum!

[flpoljunkie]

Politico's Ken Vogel just maintained on The Cycle that Charlie Crist no longer had any influence in Florida. I beg to differ.

MAY 29, 2012
'14 Fla Gov Poll: Charlie Crist 48 percent, Rick Scott 34%

Wayne Bertsch sends us this intriguing May 23-25 statewide poll of registered voters by (MoE +/- 3.46%) Florida Opinion Research, asking about a Crist vs Scott match up (Assuming Crist runs as a Democrat and wins the nomination).

Rick Scott 34.1%
Charlie Crist 48.1%
Other 5.0%
Don't Know/Refused 12.8%

To break the numbers down, obviously Republicans stick with Gov. Scott at 60.3% and garnering only 21.6 of the unaffiliated voters. The pop factor is that Gov. Charlie Crist grabs 74.2% of the Democrat vote and 52.2% of the unaffiliated voters.

A few other breakdowns of interest:African-Americans - 88.1% support CristWhite's - 43.4% Crist, 39.4% ScottHispanic - 37.9% Scott, 35.3 Crist, while 23% stated Do Not Know.

Gender: Crist leads Men 45% to Scott's 39%. Women 51% support Crist to Scott's 30%.

As for Age breakdowns, Crist led all categories: 18-29: 52% to 27%; 30-44: 44% to 38%; 45-59: 55% to 28%; 60+: 45% to 38%

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/14-fla-gov-poll-charlie-crist-48-percent-rick-scott-34

[mim89]

1. .

I hope he runs in 2014, I think he'd win quite easily.

I think he would've beated Rubio in 2010, if we could've gotten Meek to drop out

[LiberalFighter]

2. Would he run as a Republican or Democrat

Would he be able to run as a Republican and beat Scott?

[otohara]

3. Isn't He An Independent

he dropped out of the crackpot caucus....

[PragmaticLiberal]

5. Speculation is that he'd run as a Democrat.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. There's no speculation about it.

He would run as a Democrat, if the Democrats give him the ticket.

[flpoljunkie]

6. Not likely, but he would, no doubt, be formidable as a Democrat or running independently.

[grantcart]

4. How about if he runs against Rubio

[flpoljunkie]

7. He ran against Rubio in 2010, as an independent, and lost badly

Crist ran as an independent for the Senate, after pulling out of the Republican primary race--as Rubio was polling 20 points ahead of him.

Rubio is a very slick, popular politician who would have made Florida very competitive for Romney. It makes you wonder if there's not something about Rubio we don't yet know about--or Romney's not very good at picking a VP.

[flpoljunkie]

8. Results: Rubio 49%, Crist 30%, Kendrick Meek 20%

As you can see, Kendrick and Meek split the vote. Crist obviously got Democratic votes.

http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2010/florida/senate#.UDvcnkJBmTM

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I hope the Democrats do what the Republicans do,

and infuse fresh blood into the party with people who come from up North.

We need a real Democrat to lead Florida.