Rick Scott Catches Sinking Charlie Crist in New Poll

Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, released a poll on Tuesday which finds Gov. Rick Scott has caught former Gov. Charlie Crist and the race is now a dead heat with both candidates garnering 42 percent. An April poll from PPP had Crist leading 49 percent to 42 percent.

In the new poll, Scott does better against former Florida Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich, beating her 40 percent to 34 percent.

The poll finds Crist has collapsed with the Florida public. While a PPP poll from the fall showed Crist above water with 43 percent seeing him favorably and 42 percent unfavorably, his numbers have dropped sharply. Only 32 percent in the new poll see Crist as favorable while 48 percent view him as unfavorable.

Scott is also upside down, with 39 percent approving of him and 48 percent disapproving of him.

The poll of 672 Florida voters was taken from June 6-9 and had a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percent.