Mitch Perry
As has been the case for most of Gov. Rick Scott‘s four and a quarter years in office, a new poll out Monday shows more Floridians disapprove of his job performance than approve.
The new Quinnipiac survey shows that 49 percent of those Floridians polled do not approve of the governor’s current job performance, while 42 percent support his efforts.
Meanwhile, the Sunshine State’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has an impressive 54-35 percent approval rating, while U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has a 45-30 percent approval rating.
For Scott, it’s nothing new to have a negative job approval rating. In fact, for a certain portion of his first term in office, the governor was mired in the mid- to upper 30s.
Yet twice, of course, he’s beat the candidate the Democrats have put up against him.
That’s why with talk of him contemplating a U.S. Senate run in 2018, Democrats should knowit would be foolhardy to downplay his chances. With his unlimited ability to pay his own way, and the Dems’ notable inability to win statewide offices, the governor’s low approval ratings have never appeared to harness his ambitions in how he wants to govern Florida.
