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Scott Moves Up Governor Approval Rankings

May 12, 2016 - 8:00am
Rick Scott
Rick Scott

Rick Scott gets solid marks in a new poll after another survey released this week found him upside down. 

Morning Consult released its Governor Approval Rankings and it showed the Florida governor moving up in the polls with 49 percent of Florida voters approving of him and 41 percent disapproving of him. Back in November, a Morning Consult poll had Scott upside down with 47 percent of those surveyed disapproving of him while 44 percent approved of him. 

This places Scott in the middle of the gubernatorial pack when it comes to approval. Morning Consult found Republican Charlie Barker of Massachusetts as the most popular of any governor followed by  Republicans Larry Hogan of Maryland Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota, Brian Sandoval of Nevada and independent Bill Walker of Alaska. Republican Sam Brownback of Kansas is the most unpopular governor followed by Democrat Dan Malloy of Connecticut and then Republicans Rick Snyder of Michigan, Chris Christie of New Jersey and Paul LePage of Maine. 

“More than 66,000 registered voters across America have evaluated the job performance of key elected officials on Morning Consult’s weekly online national polling from early January 2016 through May 5, 2016,” Morning Consult noted in its methodology. “Morning Consult obtained population parameters for registered voters from the November 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS) and applied post-stratification weights based on gender, age, educational attainment and race. Thus far, the median state includes a total of 883 respondents, the state with the most respondents is California (n = 5,968) and the state with the least respondents is Wyoming (n = 165).” The sample of Florida voters had a margin of error of +/- 1.5 percent. 

A poll from Quinnipiac University released earlier this week had Scott underwater with 49 percent of Florida voters disapproving of him and 40 percent approving of him. 

While he has endorsed Donald Trump, Scott has said he has no interest in being his running mate. Scott is generating buzz as a potential Senate candidate in 2018 when Democrat Bill Nelson’s third term is up. Nelson has said he plans to run for a fourth term. 

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takes credit for everything, does virtually nothing...

This sounds like a description of yourself, except your afraid to put your name on it.

(See what I mean about "polls" and "Who? writes this crap?!?) Go Governor... You're doing just fine !

Rick has done a superb job as Governor and has reduced the frivolous spending that took place during the Charlie Crist administration. The Governor would make an excellent Vice President and future President.

Amen!! to Jay! Go Scott!!

My money's on Quinnipac's results this time around, but I agree with Carl. I have NEVER been polled by any of the so-called big pole companies! In fact, I've never even heard of "Morning Consult", although rumor has it it's owned by Scott himself!

Gee . . . . . always trust an online polling only outfit whose results "can't be extrapolated to the general population using traditional statistical methods" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATHETIC . . . . .

Just discussed my proposal with attorney, scumbag that he is. My new company will be called Church of the Currency. This way everything is tax deductible. Please respond if you need some dummied up polling done!

I want to announce my new polling company for hire to anyone with money. The trick to our success will revolve around the fact that I will make 1,000 phone calls and get the results. The real trick will revolve around which 1,000 people I call. Follow the money. Will certainly not call anyone that does not agree with the guy that pays me.

Does anyone believe any of these polls (or pols) anymore? These are establishment mega-corporations that have an agenda. What prevents them from inventing results that weren't even actually surveyed? Or crafting polls that produce exactly the results that support their point of view? I for one have never in my 50+ years been "Gallup Surveyed" or "Quinnipiac -ed". With mass consolidation of media, AP/Reuters and far worse (because a single image can move a nation) Getty Images (owned by The Carlyle Group who makes their money in selling services to the military-security-industrial complex). Again I ask - why do we put so much stock in these poll results?

Morning Consult? Really?

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