Posted on 12/03/2014 3:29:09 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) released a poll from On Message on Monday which gives a good indication of how Gov. Rick Scott was able to defeat former Gov. Charlie Crist in last month’s Florida general election.
The poll of Floridians who voted in November shows Scott did better than expected with Hispanic voters while also taking a majority of male voters and seniors.
Scott won the election 48 percent to 47 percent and did well with Hispanics, running almost dead even with Crist. The poll shows 49 percent of Hispanic voters backed the Democrat while 47 percent supported the governor and 3 percent cast ballots for Libertarian Adrian Wyllie.
Scott took 65 percent of Cuban-Americans while Crist only mustered 30 percent of these voters and Wyllie rounded up 4 percent. Crist did better with Puerto Ricans, beating Scott among these voters 57 percent to 40 percent. Crist beat Scott among other Hispanic voters by the same percentage. Wyllie took 3 percent of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic voters. “In the end, most Hispanic voters were focused on the economy, and they decided that under Governor Scott’s leadership, the state’s real estate and job markets are headed in the right direction,” insisted Wes Anderson and Kayla Dunlap from On Message.
Scott took a majority of men -- 52 percent -- while Crist mustered 44 percent of these voters. Women went for Crist 50 percent to 44 percent. Wyllie took 5 percent of women and 3 percent of men.
“Heading into Election Day, a big hindrance for Democrats nationwide was their failure to cultivate a significant gender gap,” Anderson and Dunlap noted. “This was true in Florida, as well. While our post-elect shows Scott winning men by 8 points, 52 percent to 44 percent, Crist is only winning women by 6 (50 percent to 44 percent). That’s an unsustainable gender gap for any Democrat in a tight race.”
Scott also took a majority of voters 66 and older, winning 52 percent of their votes. Crist garnered 45 percent of these voters. Scott took 51 percent of voters 55 to 65 while 45 percent of them backed Crist. Wyllie took 3 percent of voters 66 and older and 4 percent of voters between the ages of 55 and 65.
“In targeting, messaging and turnout, the Scott campaign succeeded,” Anderson and Dunlap noted on Monday. “From broadcast messaging to door-to-door targeting, our post-elect survey strongly suggests the Scott campaign beat the Crist campaign at every phase. Perhaps this is most clearly demonstrated by Gov. Scott’s tie among Hispanic voters. It could certainly be argued that the campaign’s success with Hispanic voters had as much or more to do with Gov. Rick Scott’s victory than any other targeted group.”
The poll of 1,000 Floridians who voted in the 2014 general election was taken from Nov. 10-12 and had a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percent.
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It’s really amazing that the election was SO close - a documented LOSER vs a proven winner, and it was 47 vs 48 percent!
Good GOP year; awful nominee chosen by the Democrats.
Scott makes sense. PERIOD
I don’t call a win by 1% a ‘BEATING’...it’s called a squeaker.
Maybe, if he hadn’t aided the illegals with in-State tuition, or even FIRED Corey over the railroading in the Martin case, or....
He may have started out great, but as with most, he was easily and quickly (more) corrupted.
Perfect place to show off my new tagline ;)
good tagline
“The poll shows 49 percent of Hispanic voters backed the Democrat while 47 percent supported the governor.”
I realize Florida has a lot of Cubans, but Hispanics votes ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME for Republicans in Texas and the rest of the South.
Of course Republican consultants (most of whom are gay, by the way) will NOT tell Republican leaders this bit of trivia, but exit polling in Texas showed identical numbers to Florida. No, these consultants (most of them gay, by the way) will instead CONVINCE their bosses that they need to push through AMNESTY if they ever want a chance at getting more than 10% of the the Hispanic vote in the future.
Simple: somebody got to Crist and told him to shut up about demanding a recount.
Your tagline is great. So true, so true.
:snork: Thank you! It came to me the night Fergudishu started burning. One FReeper referred to it as the Leftists’ new Tet Offensive, and it bloomed from there...
But . . . but . . . but. . . supposedly Republicans will lose if they don’t go Full Amnesty. You never go Full Amnesty.
A side note...voter ID was in effect. But 47 to 48 is scary for the future.
Great tag Sarge...
The only reason it was so close is Amendment #2 was on the ballot at the same time! - This was the POS trial lawyers way of backing Charlie Crist and getting stoners to the polls.
Freegards,
I-4 Corridor Freeper
I’m glad to see the very strong Cuban vote for Scott. The fact that Puerto Ricans and “other” hispanics voted for Suntan Charlie is, well, expected. No wonder Cubans are always sensitive about differentiating themselves from others of hispanic descent.....
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