Mitch Perry
Speculation still has it that there could be more candidates to enter the Florida U.S. Senate race, and a new survey of that race out on Wednesday from St. Leo University Polling Institute shows why that scenario persists.
A majority of voters surveyed – 56.5 percent – say they are unsure who they prefer in the race, which doesn’t go before voters until the end of August of 2016.
Next on the list is Pinellas County U.S. Rep. David Jolly at 11.6 percent. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is next at 8.2 percent. Former CIA contractor Todd Wilcox is tied with “someone else” at 6.8 percent, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis is at 6.1 percent, and Ilya Katz is at 4.1 percent.
On the Democratic side, there are slightly less people unsure, but still the vast majority – at 46.9 percent.
Next up is Jupiter U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy at 16.9 percent. Alan Grayson is at 7.1 percent, which St. Leo’s says is essentially tied with “someone else,” which comes in at 7.7 percent.
Lateresa Jones is at 6.3 percent, and Pam Keith gets 4.4 percent.
St. Leo’s University Polling Institute polled 531 adults in Florida. 147 were Republicans, and 160 Democrats. The margin of error is plus or minus 8 percent with Republicans, and 7.5 percent with Democrats. The survey was conducted Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, 2015.
