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Florida Voters Want a Ban on Assault Rifles, Universal Background Check

With some Florida politicians calling for teachers to be armed, and others calling for metal detectors to be placed in schools, and our very own governor doing pretty much nothing at all about gun control, it seems that people who are no elected officials of any kind have the best solution to the g ... More >>

Florida Likes Hillary Clinton Way More Than Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush

Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush have seemingly been jockeying for position under the proverbial basket for the proverbial rebound that is the run to the White House in 2016 -- particularly in Florida, which is not only a vital swing state but also has the potential to screw up every presidential election u ... More >>

Rick Scott Would Lose to Charlie Crist by 16 Points, According to Latest Poll

Rick Scott continues to be unliked by many amounts of people, despite the fact that he's changed his mind about things like Medicaid expansion and despite adding more early voting days and declaring his love for Florida panthers. The latest Quinnipiac University poll, released early Wednesday, ... More >>

Floridians Don't Want to Legalize Pot, Still Kind of Okay With Gay Marriage

As the rest of the nation is crawling out of the caves and embracing the legalizing of pot and same-sex marriage, Florida is still being all Florida about such things. According to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac, residents of our fine state remain split down the middle on gay marriage, while a ... More >>

Obama and Romney Hitting Up Florida For The Home Stretch

Polls are tight in Florida as the presidential election mercifully grinds down to its final days, and anything can and will happen in the Sunshine State, because that's just how we roll. A Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News Poll have Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a virtual tie in Flori ... More >>

Poll: Floridians Not Down With Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan

See also: Paul Ryan Talks Medicare, Uses Mom As Mascot to Make His Point He trotted out his mom like Sebastian the Ibis last week in front of thousands of retirees to tell them his Medicare plan is going to be a good thing, and that President Obama's plan will turn you over to a panel of bureaucrat ... More >>

Poll Shows Floridians Like Connie Mack, Stand Your Ground Law, and Rick Scott

Quinnipiac University has been ringing Florida phones off their hooks the past week or two -- a poll yesterday showed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pulling ahead of Barack Obama in the state, and there's a poll about Florida baseball that came out this morning that's of pretty much n ... More >>

Mitt Romney Beating Obama in New Florida Poll; Rubio VP Pick Would Boost Romney

Took a little while to get to because Quinnipiac University's website is being duct-taped together today, but here are the results of its latest poll, taken May 15 to 21 with a 2.4-percentage-point margin of error.Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama 47 to 41 percent in ... More >>

Floridians Now Slightly More Likely to Approve of Governor Than Believe in Haunted Houses

For the first time ever, more people approve of Gov. Rick Scott's job performance than believe that houses can be haunted by ghosts.Scott scored his highest approval rating ever in a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning, with 38 percent of folks thinking he's doing an OK job.According to ... More >>

Florida Poll: Indecisive Republicans Suppose They'll Be Picking Mitt Romney -- Maybe

Hey, Florida Republican, who do you plan on voting for in your party's presidential primary?Uh, Mitt Romney, I guess. Well, maybe.That's what the results from the latest poll of Florida Republicans reads like, as most people say they might change their mind, and most of the Tea Party members are pul ... More >>

Connie Mack Makes His U.S. Senate Run Official

​Although one of Republican Rep. Connie Mack's advisers announced that the congressman was running for U.S. senator in 2012 more than a month ago, it's not official until there's a Fox News appearance involved.Mack appeared on Sean Hannity's show to make his formal announcement, spending most of h ... More >>

Connie Mack Enters U.S. Senate Race With 23-Point Lead Over Other GOP Hopefuls

FlickrConnie Mack​Whereas "someone else/not sure" was the overwhelming leader in previous polls for the Republican nomination in next year's U.S. Senate race, Rep. Connie Mack's entrance into the race changes things a bit.Mack enters with the support of 32 percent of Republican voters, according t ... More >>

Rick Scott Maintains Crappy Approval Rating but Registers Higher Than Occupy Movement

​Gov. Rick Scott maintained his position of having the crappiest approval rating among the country's governors, but Floridians like the governor more than they like the Occupy movement, according to a poll released today.Quinnipiac University -- which announced the highest approval rating of Scott ... More >>

Rick Scott Had a Higher Approval Rating Than Another Human Being for Seven Days

A couple weeks ago, Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating reached an all-time high of 37 percent.Since his approval rating has hovered between hemorrhoids and a ham sandwich for the past few months, it's been hard to actually compare his ratings to another human being.However, we found that not only did ... More >>

Rick Perry Leads Florida Poll Going Into Debate, Followed by Mitt Romney and Still... Sarah Palin

Texas Gov. Rick Perry​Without much difference from the national poll released the day of the CNN/Tea Party express GOP presidential debate two weeks ago, most Florida Republicans would pick Texas Gov. Rick Perry as their presidential nominee, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released ... More >>

Rick Scott's Approval Rating Reaches an All-Time High: 37 Percent

​Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating was polled as the highest of his governorship at 37 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.The increase is due to a higher opinion of Scott's job performance from members of the Republican Party, as both Democrats and Independent ... More >>

Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes

​Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>

Rick Scott Approval Rating Analysis: "Slightly More Popular Than a Hemorrhoid"

Hemorrhoids: Almost as popular as Gov. Rick Scott.​In case you haven't noticed, Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating is getting so low that people are running out of politicians to compare him to.A few weeks ago, Public Policy Polling surveyed Florida voters about hypothetical gubernatorial matchups ... More >>

A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

Rick Scott's Approval Rating Still Going Down the Toilet, Sunshine State News Poll Says

​Even the GOP-friendly Sunshine State News can't pull Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating out of the crapper.The governor has now set a new personal record for disappointing voters, posting a 27 percent approval rating, according to a poll commissioned by the paper.That edges out the Quinnipiac Univ ... More >>

Rick Scott Has 51 Percent Disapproval Rating, According to GOP Pollsters

​Viewpoint Florida -- a polling firm headed by GOP operatives Randy Nielsen and Pat Bainter -- found that Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating is on the rise, according to the firm's newest poll.Out of the 1,235 likely Florida voters surveyed, 45 percent approved of the governor's job performance, wh ... More >>

Desperate GOP Gets Rick Scott's Mom to Make Another Campaign Video

Maybe Esther Scott was tickled by New Times' Mother's Day letter. Maybe she caught a glimpse of her son's dismal approval rating. Or maybe some GOP head honcho cried so hard that she took pity. For whatever reason, Rick Scott's mom is once again campaigning for her son, the Lex Luthor of Tallahassee ... More >>

Is Rick Scott Obama's Best Chance For Reelection?

Those cool, amphibian eyes.​What a weird ride it's been for poor Rick Scott! He came into office with hardly any pretense, with his intentions as plainly visible as the veins in his scalp. But nobody noticed, and now everybody hates him.Which is bad news to the folks manning the bridge on the GOP ... More >>

Morning Poll: Can Gov. Rick Scott Shape Up His Act in the Next 3.5 Years?

ufcw324.org​The only thing that seems to be on the up-and-up with Gov. Rick Scott is his disapproval rating.Floridians disapprove of the governor's job performance more than they approve by a two-to-one margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.But Peter Brown -- the ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott Gets 2:1 Disapproval Rating From Florida Voters

ufcw324.org​Gov. Rick Scott's poll numbers are rising. Well, at least his disapproval rating is.According to survey results released today by Quinnipiac University, the governor's disapproval rating is at 57 percent, compared to 29 percent who gave him the thumbs-up.In fact, out of the 10 states t ... More >>

Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade Is Dead Wrong About Rick Scott's Approval Ratings

At least they got his office right this time.​Four days after he took credit for solving the federal budget crisis, Gov. Rick Scott insisted that his proposed state budget provided a blueprint for President Obama to follow. During an infomercial interview about tax policy on Friday, Scott "absolut ... More >>

Florida Voters Increasingly Dislike Rick Scott

​This may come as a bit of a shocker, but a new poll shows that almost half of Florida voters think Gov. Rick Scott is doing a bad job. The survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, found that the number of Floridians who disapprove of Scott's job performance has more than doubled from 22 percen ... More >>

Cigarette Smokers Burned By New Tax; Cigar Aficionados Blow Celebratory Rings

flickr.com While cigarette smokers will now pay a dollar per pack more, the legislature gave the cigar industry a break. A new state-wide dollar-per-pack tax on cigarettes and smokeless and pipe tobacco starts today. The stated goal from the legislature is to encourage smokers to stop. If ... More >>

Florida: Where It's Good to be a Smoker, Bad to be a Lung

Smoke up, Florida! Kentucky raised their state taxes on cigarettes and booze yesterday. Residents will now pay 60 cents in state taxes per pack of cigarettes. So there's good news and bad news for Floridians. This means that the nation's two biggest tobacco-producing states, Kentucky and N ... More >>