Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Mason-Dixon polls for Florida's 2006 races In the past few days Mason-Dixon has released polls on the U.S. Senate Race and the Governor's race. Mason Dixon poll conducted June 14-16 2005 - U.S. Senate Race (PDF) This paints a much worse picture for Harris' prospects than a Strategic Vision poll released a few days ago, (which showed Harris -6 to Nelson). The poll indicates Harris having a seventeen point deficit versus Nelso state-wide; on a regional basis her smallest gap is seven (Gulf Coast) and her biggest is 31 (South Florida). It shows Harris' favorable/unfavorable rating as 32/30 compared to Nelson's 44/10. Unlike the Strategic Vision polls, it does not offer other Republican candidates as possible opponents. Things are happier in the Governor's poll. Mason-Dixon Florida Poll conducted June 14-16 - Governor (PDF) On the Republican side both Charlie Crist and Tom Gallagher have favorable name recognition (41/8 and 33/8 respectively) with only 20% saying they do not recognize their names. On the Democratic side, 59% do not recognize Tom Davis' name, 69% do not recognize Scott Maddox' name, and 75% are unfamiliar with Rod Smith. In the Democratic race, Davis leads Maddox 23% to 12% with 61% undecided. In the Republican race, Crist leads Gallagher 43%-24%. In matchups against the Democrats front-runner Davis, Crist leads Davis 41-28 and Gallagher leads Davis 38-29. Politics comment []3:55:02 PM   trackback []