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BREAKING: New Poll Shows Rick Scott is Deeply Unpopular
A new poll from the USA Today and Suffolk University shows that Rick Scott is deeply unpopular with negative approval ratings in every region of the state. Scott’s 35 percent approval rating is embarrassingly low for an incumbent and former governor. Scott is fully behind Florida’s abortion ban, and wrote the plan to raise taxes on the middle class and end Social Security and Medicare as we know them — it’s a self-serving and toxic agenda that Floridians are ready to reject in November
Click here to read analysis by Florida Politics. See key excerpts below.
- Scott is at 35% approval in this survey, with a staggering 49% of respondents regarding him unfavorably.
- The Senator and two-term former Governor from Naples is underwater in every region of the state. He is at -1 in the Panhandle, -2 in North Florida, -22 in “East” Florida, and -26 in South Florida.
- While Scott is treading water with men (45% approval against 44% disapproval), women voters surveyed here seem to be in revolt, with just 28% approving of Scott and 52% disapproving.
- Meanwhile, Scott is also underwater with all groups of voters under the age of 65, while treading water with senior citizens with 40% approval and 40% disapproval.
- But the real surprise in this survey arguably is his underwhelming performance with Republicans. The Naples Republican has just 59% approval in his own party, against 24% disapproval.
- Among independents, the landscape is similarly bleak. Scott is at 28% approval against 57% disapproval, suggesting that his base plays over the last six years have hurt him with unaligned voters.