Florida Politics reports:
Fresh polling shows Gov. Ron DeSantis with only a 3-percentage-point lead over Democratic challenger Charlie Crist. Progress Florida and Florida Watch published polling modeled on a Republican-leaning Midterm electorate and found DeSantis leading with 48% to Crist’s 45%. That closely matches findings for a generic ballot test showing 48% of voters feel inclined to vote Republican in the midterms and 45% intend to vote Democratic. That puts the race within the poll’s 1.78% margin of error.
Asked about the prospect of banning assault weapons in Florida — the location of some of the nation’s highest profile mass shootings in the last decade — about 57% of respondents favor a full ban, while 40% totally oppose it. There’s also opposition to book banning. Asked whether voters support banning certain school library books, including those with sensitive topics like race, sex and sexuality, about 63% totally oppose such action by government.
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?BREAKING: A new poll has us statistically tied with Ron DeSantis.
He’s beatable and we’re going to stop him.
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) September 1, 2022
POLL: @floridawatch/@ProgressFlorida (D)
2022 #FLGov General Election
(R)* Ron DeSantis 48% (+3)
(D) Charlie Crist 45%
Undecided 7%2022 #FLSen General Election
(R)* Marco Rubio 46% (+1)
(D) Val Demings 45%
Undecided 9%3,017 LV | 8/25-8/30https://t.co/VQ0NBoAGCH
— PPUSA (@PollProjectUSA) September 1, 2022