Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
Rick Scott for vice president?
Maybe not. A new Mason-Dixon poll shows some Floridians would be less likely to vote for Donald Trump if the Florida governor was also on the ticket.
The survey found 40 percent of Floridians polled said they would be less likely to vote for Trump if Scott was his running mate. The poll found 59 percent of Democrats and 50 percent of independents said they would be less likely to vote for a Trump-Scott ticket.
According to the polling memo, “Scott would be toxic for Trump in the state.” The memo, however, notes that the 40 percent figure is “heavily driven by voters already supporting Clinton, but those negative numbers also spill into those still undecided.”
The survey found that 67 percent of Clinton voters said they would be less likely to vote for Trump if Scott was on the ticket; while 43 percent of undecided voters said they would be less likely to vote for a Trump-Scott ticket.
But the prospect of the two men being on the same ticket doesn’t seem to faze Republicans. The Mason-Dixon poll found that 73 percent of Republicans said it had no effect on their decision; while 14 percent said they would be more likely to vote for Trump.
Among Trump voters, 75 percent it had no effect on their vote; while 14 percent said they would be more likely to vote for him.
Mason-Dixon also tested whether Clinton would be helped if she picked Sen. Bill Nelson as her running mate. The survey found he would “do no damage and could make the difference in a one- or two-point race.”
The survey found 72 percent of Floridians polled said having Nelson on the ticket would have “no effect” on their vote.
The survey of 625 registered voters was conducted from May 31 through June 2. All of the respondents indicated they were likely to vote in November. The survey has margin of error of 4 percent.
