Republican Bill McCollum, Floridaâs attorney general, leads Democrat Alex Sink, the stateâs chief financial officer by 4 points in their race for governor, a much smaller margin than reported by a Florida newspapers poll in late March, according to a Quinnipiac University survey conducted April 8-13.
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McCollum is ahead by 40 percent to 36 percent with 21 percent undecided. McCollum gets 83 percent support from fellow Republicans compared to 73 percent for Sink among Democrats, and he leads her 37 percent to 28 percent among independents, with 29 percent undecided. In Quinnipiacâs January poll, McCollum had led by 10 points. McCollum was leading Sink by 49 percent to 34 percent in a Mason-Dixon Research poll conducted March 23-25 for Florida newspapers.
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At this point in the campaign, 41 percent say they havenât heard enough about McCollum to form an opinion of him and that number is 61 percent for Sink, according to the Quinnipiac poll. âMcCollum clings to a slim lead over Sink in the governorâs race, a lead he has held since last August,â said Quinnipiacâs Peter Brown. âHe is better known than she and voters grade him somewhat better for the job he is doing. While most would rather be in his shoes, on the up side of a close race, November is a long way off.â
