Poll Shows Gillum With 9- Point Lead Over DeSantis In Fla. Gubernatorial Race

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Source: Sun Sentinel

By Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 hrs. ago.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A poll of likely Florida voters released Wednesday found Democrat Andrew Gillum with a significant 54 percent to 45 percent lead over Republican Ron DeSantis in the governor's race.

The Quinnipiac Univesity Poll shows Gillum has passed the 50 percent threshold among likely Florida voters.

Gillum has gained and DeSantis has slipped since a Sept. 4 survey by Quinnipiac, in which the Democrat had the support of 50 percent and the Republican had the support of 47 percent of likely voters. The latest poll shows Gillum, currently mayor of Tallahassee, has strong support among multiple demographic groups:

- Women favor Gillum 59 percent to 39 percent.

- Black voters favor Gillum 98 percent to 2 percent. If elected, Gillum would be Florida's first black governor.

- Hispanic voters support him 59 percent to 41 percent. - Independents favor the Democrat, 56 percent to 40 percent.

- Democrats support Gillum 96 percent to 2 percent...


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"The political environment in Florida, overall, is tipping in the Democrats' favor," Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion said.

(In the U.S. Senate race in Florida, NBC/Marist found U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, had 48 percent and his Republican challenger, Gov. Rick Scott, had 45 percent. Quinnipiac had Nelson at 53 percent and Scott at 46 percent.)

That doesn't mean the election is over. It does mean that Gillum supporters need to avoid complacency and a feeling that he's going to win so actually going out and voting isn't critical.

And Republicans are mounting an extensive effort, both in person through DeSantis and via television ads, to sow fear about Gillum. "All these TV ads don't seem to be helping DeSantis' campaign," Brown said.

[Midnight Writer]

1. Just watched DeSantis on Fox whining about Gillum. Seems the race is fixed. Sound familiar?

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2. so how can he get his fans to vote for nelson at the same time? nt

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3. Nelson has also been leading in polls

[beachbum bob]

7. they are according to recent polling that shows an expanded lead over Scott

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4. DeSantis is such a shitty person. people like him should be fringe types with no chance of winning

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5. Democrats over 54% is nothing but pure MAGIC!

Let's get them all to the polls

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6. I am hoping that

FL doesn't suddenly throw all kinds of complicated ballot initiatives/questions into the mix, which seems to be something that certain states do to purposely muddle the vote.

[beachbum bob]

8. the trump effect is in full effect in florida and almost all other states as democrats are actually

angry now and willing to get off their asses and vote

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9. Dems need a high enough turnout to counter any GOP shenanigans

Anything is possible in Florida

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10. Susie Wiles......

She was Trump's head of campaign in Florida. She has replaced the previous head the flagging DeSantis campaign. She's a dirty one too. I think it may be too little too late. Gillum is almost up by 10 points in the polls. He just looks like a sleazy liar on camera compared to Gillum.