Less than a year to go until Florida Democrats hold their primary to choose their U.S. Senate candidate to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., many voters remain undecided, a new poll shows. Currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, Rubio has said he will not run for a second term in the Senate.
Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, released a poll on Tuesday which shows a plurality of Democrats -- 39 percent -- in the Sunshine State remain undecided on who to back in the Senate race.
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., takes 33 percent in the PPP poll. U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., Grayson’s main primary rival, garners 27 percent.
Attorney Pam Keith is also running for the Democratic nomination but she wasn’t included in the PPP poll.
The poll finds Grayson is better known but has more baggage with Florida Democrats. More than a quarter of those surveyed -- 26 percent -- see Grayson in an unfavorable light while 29 percent see him favorably.
Murphy does better on that front even as he trails Grayson in the poll. A third of Florida Democrats -- 33 percent -- see Murphy as favorable while 15 percent view him as unfavorable.
The poll of 368 Florida Democrats was taken from Sept. 11 through Sept. 13 and had a margin of error of +/- 5.1 percent.
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