In conjunction with a Harrisburg, Pa.-based public-opinion polling firm, Sunshine State News will release the results and analyses of its first two Florida Republican primary polls on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tuesdays Sunshine State News Poll results willtake voters' temperature in the fiercely contested race between gubernatorial candidates Bill McCollum and Rick Scott. A separate question in the poll will determine Republican voters support of Floridas public finance law.
Wednesdays poll story offers a snapshot of the three-way GOP attorney generalcontest that includes Holly Benson, Pam Bondi and Jeff Kottkamp.
As part of its 2010 election coverage, Sunshine State News commissioned Voter Survey Service, a division of 10-year-old Susquehanna Polling & Research, Inc. to poll 1,000 Floridians identified as likely voters in the Republican primary.
Voter Survey Service (VSS) has conducted hundreds of polls in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Delaware, Maryland, and other states across the nation. It is a leading survey research and political polling firm for GOP candidates for public office and a variety of corporate clients, trade associations, public relations firms and the media.
Jim Lee, president of VSS, has 15 years of polling experience and background as a former lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and as a special projects coordinator for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He has a bachelor of science degree in political science from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa., and he's a member of both the American Association of Public Opinion Research and the American Association of Political Consultants.
"Working with Sunshine State News is fun for us," Lee said. "We began work on these two races on July 26 and finished July 30."
Lee said the Sunshine State News Poll was conducted as an automated poll; the 1,000 Floridians surveyed come from a list of Republicans with a solid vote history in either the 2006 or 2008 primaries.
The company's polling has been quoted in numerous publications and media programs, including The Sean Hannity Show on Fox News; MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews; the Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck radio programs; The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the New York Times; and a variety of national and state blogs that track polling, such as realclearpolitics.com, The Hotline, The Polling Report, and others.
Sunshine State News, in partnership with VSS, looks forward presenting Sunshine State News Poll results and analyses starting with primaries.
