Donald Trump has doubled the vote of his nearest challenger in Florida, Marco Rubio, in a new poll by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative released on Wednesday. The poll also shows that Hillary Clinton trails several GOP frontrunners in head-to-head match-ups.
Trump leads the GOP field with 36 percent, followed by Rubio at 18 percent, Ben Carson at 15 percent and Ted Cruz at 10 percent. Jeb Bush placed fifth with just 8.9 percent.
“Despite conjecture that Donald Trump has plateaued, his support in Florida remains very strong and could be growing,” said Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., associate professor of political science at FAU and a research fellow of the Initiative.
While Clinton leads Bernie Sander 66-22 percent on the Democratic side, she trails both Carson and Trump in head-to-head scenarios. Carson leads Clinton 50.2% to 40.5%, while Trump leads Clinton 49-41%.
The polling sample for the Democratic and the Republican primary consisted of 297 and 355 likely Florida voters, respectively, with a margin of error of +/-5.6 percent and +/-5.2 percent at a 95 percent confidence level. The General Election Sample consisted of 829 registered voters with a margin of error of +/-3.3 percent and a 95 percent confidence level
