Florida Times-Union poll: Trump 23%, Carson 22%, Marco Rubio 18%

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A poll on Thursday by The Florida Times-Union shows Donald Trump and Ben Carson in a virtual tie among the GOP presidential candidates in a poll of Florida voters.

Trump is at 23 percent, Carson 22 percent, with Marco Rubio third at 18 percent. Ted Cruz is next with 12 percent, and Jeb Bush at 11 percent. No other candidate registered in double-digits.

The poll was conducted Wednesday night by OpinionSavvy/InsiderAdvantage, which used automated calls to 806 registered voters. They report that nearly three out of four of those 806 voters said they watched Tuesday night’s GOP debate in Milwaukee, and a third said that Rubio was the winner. Trump and Cruz were declared the winner by 17 percent, and 10 percent said Carson won. Only 5 percent said Bush was the best.

Florida Republicans will vote for president in the March 15 primary election.

Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served five years as political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. Mitch also was assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley and is a San Francisco native who has lived in Tampa since 2000. Mitch can be reached at [email protected].



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