Rick Scott Beat Charlie Crist by Running Strong With Cubans, Men and Seniors

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) released a poll from On Message on Monday which shows how Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was able to defeat former Gov. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., in last months general election.

The poll of Floridians who voted in November shows Crist and Scott ran close with Hispanic voters as 49 percent of them backed the Democrat while 47 percent supported the governor. Scott took 65 percent of Cuban-Americans while Crist only mustered 30 percent of these voters. Crist did better with Puerto Ricans, beating Scott among these voters 57 percent to 40 percent. Crist beat Scott among other Hispanic voters by the same percentage.

Scott took a majority of men -- 52 percent -- while Crist mustered 44 percent of these voters. Women went for Crist 50 percent to 44 percent.

Scott also took a majority of voters 66 and older, winning 52 percent of their votes. Crist garnered 45 percent of these voters. Scott took 51 percent of voters 55 to 65 while 45 percent of them backed Crist.

The poll of 1,000 Floridians who voted in the 2014 general election was taken from Nov. 10-12 and had a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent.