POLL: Rubio +7 Over Dem Challenger Val Demings

February 16, 2022 Democrats, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio holds a 7-point lead over Rep. Val Demings, the presumed Democratic frontrunner hoping to take him on in the November General Election. That’s according to a new Mason-Dixon Florida poll. Rubio holds a 49% to 42% advantage over Demings among registered voters in the new survey. The findings don’t offer entirely good news for Florida’s two-term Senator.

He’s below 50%, never a safe place for an incumbent. And Demings has a sizable lack of recognition early in the year, while Rubio has a significant unfavorable recognition. That means she has more room for growth than he does. “An incumbent running below 50% often leaves the door open for a challenger to significantly tighten a race under the right circumstances,” Mason-Dixon pollsters stated.

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.@MasonDixonPoll gives @MarcoRubio the edge against @ValDemings in Senate contest

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