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By Kyle Munzenrieder in Politicks

Thu., Nov. 19 2009 @ 3:59PM

Daily Kos/Research 2000 just released their latest Florida poll, and there are a lot of interesting little poll number factoids to be pulled. Riptide tends to have some smart readers, so we won't recap the entire poll, but instead let's mine some of our favorite nuggets.

The Senate Race:

Republican Primary:

Charlie Crist now only leads Marco Rubio by 10 points!
73% of Republicans who think President Obama was born in America would vote for Crist, only 16% would vote for Rubio. These are your mostly sane, non-Limbaugh loving Republicans.
Marco Rubio wins amongst Republicans who don't believe Obama was born in the US, or aren't sure. These are your birthers and tea party "activists"
Unfortunately for Crist, only 35% of Florida Republicans believe, for sure, that Obama was born in the United States (WTF PEOPLE?)

General Election:

Charlie Crist would still sweep the floor with Kendrick Meek, 50-33%
However, in South Florida, Meek would win 48%-41%, the only region in the state he carries against Crist.
Kendrick Meek has a 38%-30% over Rubio in a hypothetical matchup. Rubio is polling better amongst white people, but only by 1%. Meek would actually do better amongst Hispanics by 13%.

Hot Hypothetical Three-Way Action:

So what would happen if Charlie Crist ran as an independent against both Rubio and Meek? Crist: 32% Meek: 31% Rubio:27%

50% of Republicans would vote for Rubio, but 39% would go for Crist.
Kendrick Meek is apparently super-loved in South Florida, because even against both Rubio and Crist, he'd still walk away with 47% of the vote.
Oh, by the way, even in Charlie Crist switched to the Democratic party and ran against Rubio, he'd lead and still get 39% of the Republican vote.

Governor Race

McCollum gets 35%, Sink gets 33%, and 32% of people have no idea what's going on in this race.
Sink is polling at 49% down here in South Florida.
She also has a slight advantage in Independents and Hispanics.

Other Fun Things:

72% of Floridians believe Obama was born in America. 13% do not.
53% of Floridians support "creating a government-administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with private insurance plans." Only 39% oppose a public option.

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Andre says:

because The Daily POS is the most unbiased polling source.....

Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 5:41PM

Anonymous says:

well

Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 11:11PM

Anonymous says:

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Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 11:12PM

John says:

I am A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL, INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ATTORNEY AT LAW and I never cease to be amazed at the numbers of people who actually believe birth on American soil automatically confers "natural born Citizen" status. By law, there are MANY factors involved, including the citizenship status of a person's parents. In order to qualify as a "natural born Citizen", and thus be legally qualified to hold the office of president, BOTH a person's parents MUST be United States Citizens at the time that person was born. Barack Obama's father was NEVER a U.S. Citizen, he was merely here on a student visa, therefore Obama cannot be a "natural born Citizen", thus he is illegally holding office. Like it or not, that's the way it is and a court of competent jurisdiction SHALL remove Obama from office. Write all the misdirection and lies you care to, but you CANNOT alter the legally established facts which I have just stated. Obama is in DEEP legal trouble in Tennessee, too. He stands to be indicted on charges of TREASON by a standard thirteen member Monroe County Grand Jury today. I am a life-long DEMOCRAT and I am ASHAMED and APPALLED by the recent arrogant and illegal actions of MY party!

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 3:53AM

al says:

Obama may be a plain born “citizen of the United States” under the Fourteenth Amendment (IF he was truly born in Hawaii). But he is not an Article II "natural born Citizen," for upon Obama's birth his father was a British subject and Obama himself by descent was also the same. Hence, Obama was born subject to a foreign power. Obama lacks the birth status of natural sole and absolute allegiance and loyalty to the United States which only the President and Commander in Chief of the Military and Vice President must have at the time of birth. Being born subject to a foreign power (Great Britain), he lacks Unity of Citizenship and Allegiance to the United States from the time of birth which assures that required degree of natural sole and absolute birth allegiance and loyalty to the United States, a trait that is constitutionally indispensable in a President and Commander in Chief of the Military. Like a naturalized citizen who despite taking an oath later in life of sole allegiance to the United States cannot be President because of being born subject to a foreign power, Obama too cannot be President. You blinded Obama loving folks need to learn and understand the applicable LAWS, not the baseless b/s the far left biased "news outlets" are force-feeding you...BTW, the first one to scream the totally meaningless, worn-out, and used-up 60s term "racist" is an out of touch with reality fool. THE OBAMA ELIGIBILITY ISSUE IS 100% ABOUT PROPERLY UPHOLDING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION and ANY ATTEMPT TO TURN IT INTO ANYTHING ELSE CONSTITUTES PURE DELUSION STEMMING FROM SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS!

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 5:29AM

Andy says:

Where ever he was born, Obama is a POS.

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 1:13PM