Oh My: Obama’s Approval Awful in Florida, Perry Leads GOP Pack

by Stephan Tawney on September 22, 2011

Really? Really? It seems the older Republican voters in Florida aren’t too scared by Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s attacks on Perry.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a small lead over the Republican presidential pack in Florida with 28 percent, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 22 percent, but Perry tops Romney 31 – 22 percent if Sarah Palin doesn’t run and leads Romney 46 – 38 percent in a two- man face-off, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

So he leads by six points if Palin does run and by nine points if she doesn’t. If it comes down to the two of them, he wins the day by eight points. In Social Security and Medicare land.

As for Barack Obama’s approval rating? Small children may want to leave the room. Reader discretion is advised.

All Florida voters disapprove 57 – 39 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his worst score in any Quinnipiac University poll in any state.

Nearly six in ten Florida voters disapprove — the worst of any state. And yet Obama carried Florida in 2008 by two points. What a stunning turnaround. People must really be disappointed by that Hope’N'Change, huh?

As for head-to-head matchups in the Sunshine State, Romney leads Obama by 7% while Perry is statistically tied. Last month, Obama led Perry by five points and tied with Romney.

Just 41% of Florida voters say Obama deserves a second term. 51% are looking for a new guy.



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