Democrats and Republicans alike across Florida are not sure who they want to see replace term limited Gov. Rick Scott, a new poll shows.
Gravis Marketing released a poll on Tuesday showing solid majorities of Democrats and Republicans are not certain of who they want as their gubernatorial candidate.
Most Democrats in Florida—63 percent—are uncertain of who they want for governor while former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham and former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine are each supported by 12 percent. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum pulls 9 percent while Orlando businessman Chris King takes 2 percent. Businessman and former U.S. Senate hopeful Jeff Greene gets 1 percent though he is not an official candidate.
The poll finds most Republicans in the Sunshine State—61 percent—are not certain who they will back in the primary. State Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam gets 18 percent with U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who has President Donald Trump’s support, right behind him at 16 percent. State House Speaker Richard Corcoran gets 3 percent followed by businessman and activist Bob White, the leader of the state chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus, with 2 percent. Former state Sen. Jack Latvala, who resigned his seat in the Legislature after accusations of sexual harassment and public corruption, takes less than one half of 1 percent.
Turning to potential general election matchups, the poll pitted Putnam and Corcoran against Graham and Gillum. Putnam and Gillum are tied with 30 percent each while 40 percent are uncertain. Putnam does slightly better against Graham, leading her 33 percent to 29 percent with the rest undecided.
Corcoran does worse for Republicans than Putnam, the poll shows. Gillum leads the state House speaker 32 percent to 23 percent with 46 percent of voters uncertain of who to back. Graham has a similar lead over Corcoran, besting him 33 percent to 24 percent while 44 percent are not certain of who to back.
While attorney John Morgan has said he will not run for governor as an independent, the poll showed he pulled 16 to 17 percent if he changes his mind, mostly drawing from the Democrats.
The poll of 1,978 registered voters across Florida was taken from Feb. 1 through Feb. 18 and had a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percent. While registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans in Florida, 34 percent of those surveyed are Republicans, 33 percent are outside the two major parties and 32 percent are Democrats.
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