Mitch Perry
Hillary Clinton is dominating the Democratic contest in Florida, and there appears to be little appetite for a Joe Biden candidacy.
A new University of North Florida statewide poll of Democratic primary likely voters shows that if the primary were held today, 54.6 percent would vote for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders is in second place with 15.9 percent, followed by Biden at 11.2 percent. When asked who their second choice would be, 24.9 percent of Democratic primary likely voters would select Biden, closely followed by Sanders at 22.3 percent. Nineteen percent of respondents would opt for Clinton.
Biden has yet to announce his plans, though speculation has percolated this week in Washington that a decision is imminent.
When asked what’s the most important problem facing the United States today, 32 percent of Democratic primary likely voters think it’s the economy, jobs or unemployment. For 13.6 percent of respondents, education is the most important problem, while 12.7 percent say it’s health care.
Earlier this week UNF polled Republican voters, who strongly back Donald Trump‘s candidacy for president. Trump gets 22 percent support, 19 percent support Ben Carson. Marco Rubio gets 15 percent, and former Gov. Jeb Bush gets just 9 percent support.
The poll was conducted from Oct. 14 through Oct. 19 and includes 632 adult registered-Democrat likely voters in Florida with a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.9 percent.
