Poll: Mack Has Big Lead In Florida GOP Senate Race
ORLANDO, Florida -- U.S. Representative Connie Mack holds a wide lead in the race for the
Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Florida, getting 40 percent of the vote to 7 percent
for former U.S. Senator George LeMieux and 8 percent for Tea party favorite Mike McCalister,
according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Another 41 percent are undecided.
A general election matchup is too
close to call as Mack gets 42 percent to Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s
41 percent.
“Although some activists have been
critical of Congressman Connie Mack and his campaign, he retains an
overwhelming lead in the race for the Republican Senate nomination and is tied
with Sen. Bill Nelson,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the
Quinnipiac University Polling
Institute. “It is not clear how the late
entrance of former Congressman Dave Weldon into the race will affect the
campaign, but Mack’s lead is pretty formidable with three months until the
primary.”
Weldon was not included in the names
of candidates offered survey respondents because he had not made clear his
intention to run when the poll began.
The too-close-to-call November Senate
matchup compares to Nelson’s 44 – 36 percent lead in a March 29 Quinnipiac University
poll. Today, Nelson leads LeMieux 43 – 36
percent.
From
May 15 – 21, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,722 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.
Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones. The survey includes 742 Republicans with a
margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points.
The
Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts
public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Florida, Ohio, Virginia and the nation as a public service and for
research.
