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Two new polls show Marco Rubio still leads Patrick Murphy in Florida Senate race

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A series of recent polls have shown a tightening in the U.S. Senate race in Florida, but two new surveys released Wednesday show Marco Rubio still very much on command. A Bloomberg Politics poll has Rubio leading Patrick Murphy by one of the biggest margins yet, 51 percent to 41 percent. A Bay News 9/News 13 poll has the race closer, with Rubio leading Murphy, 45 percent to 41 percent. The Bloomberg poll surveyed 985 Florida registered voters from Oct. 21-24. The…

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Poll: Support for Donald Trump remains strong

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Donald Trump may have the best chance of getting elected president, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll found 56 percent of Republican-leaning voters said Trump had the best chance of getting elected in November 2016, followed by  Ted Cruz with 17 percent. No other candidate cracked double digits when asked which Republican candidate had the best chance of winning in November. The poll, released Tuesday, shows Trump leads the Republican field with 37 percent support. Cruz…

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FAU poll: Donald Trump has big lead over opponents in Florida

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Donald Trump has a 32 point lead over his closest competitor in Florida, found a Florida Atlantic University poll. The New York businessman leads the pack with nearly 48 percent. His closest competitor, the survey found, is Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are neck-and-neck in Florida, with 11.1 percent and 9.5 percent respectively. The poll was conducted between Jan. 15 and Jan. 18. The GOP presidential poll surveyed 386 adults registered as likely Republican primary…

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Today on Context Florida: Salt Shaker, weird Republicans, do polls matter and suspect vetoes

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Today on Context Florida: Steve Vancore applies the Salt Shaker Test to recently released findings from a poll showing strong support for two statewide ballot initiatives being proposed in Florida. The first is John Morgan’s second take on medical marijuana and the other is a $10.00 per hour minimum wage being offered by a group known as “League of Voters, Extraordinaire.” Maybe it’s the excitement of the upcoming candidate debate, the influence of Pluto, or the infernal heat, but Diane Roberts…

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Marco Rubio: Latest polls will not ‘get in our head’

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Marco Rubio tells The Brody File he’s not concerned at all about the polls showing Charlie Crist slightly ahead. Marco Rubio: “I really have never become concerned about polls. I mean when I got into this race in the Republican primary I was 35 points down so some poll that shows us tied or in the margin of error is not going to get in our head or impact what we do.”

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Marco Rubio: Latest polls will not ‘get in our head’

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Marco Rubio tells The Brody File he’s not concerned at all about the polls showing Charlie Crist slightly ahead. Marco Rubio: “I really have never become concerned about polls. I mean when I got into this race in the Republican primary I was 35 points down so some poll that shows us tied or in the margin of error is not going to get in our head or impact what we do.”

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After two months of polling with five different firms, Charlie Crist is down by an average of 26.8%

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The number one reason why Crist won’t run as an Independent, as I have explained before, is his relationship with his parents, who are stalwarts of the Republican Party.  The second reason is because Crist does not believe he is really losing to Marco Rubio.  So why run as an Independent? Listening to Charlie Crist speak to a classroom of students at USF, I was flabbergasted by the state of denial Crist is in with his race against Marco Rubio. …

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