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Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

Donald Trump and Alan Grayson may not have a lot in common politically these days, but they are both capable of verbal bombast. In every interview or press conference of late, Trump always refers to his high-standing rankings in the current polls. Similarly, Grayson, the Orlando-based member of Congress now running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. […]

Phil AmmannJuly 31, 2015

Mason-Dixon recently released a new statewide poll testing the two pending solar amendments currently making their way through the process in Florida. Despite the fact that both dealt with a similar subject, solar power, it was a tale of two initiatives: one very passable and the other with seemingly no path to victory. The initiative […]

Steve VancoreJuly 30, 2015

Mason-Dixon recently released a new statewide poll testing the two pending solar amendments currently making their way through the process in Florida. Despite the fact that both dealt with a similar subject, solar power, it was a tale of two initiatives: one very passable and the other with seemingly no path to victory. The initiative […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

Although it’s dubious whether legislation expanding travel opportunities for Americans to go to Cuba will get through the Congress this year, Kathy Castor is pushing even further. The Tampa Bay area Democrat said Tuesday that along with Minnesota Republican Tom Emmer, she is introducing the Cuba Trade Act of 2015 (HR3238). The bill would end the […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2015

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When members from the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida balked at embracing South Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s entrance into the 2016 Senate race in March, their questioning of his Democratic Party credentials led to a mini-civil war among some members of the party. “Patrick Murphy is wrong often more than he is right,” said Susan Smith, […]

Steve VancoreJuly 27, 2015

This saltshaker test will be short on originality and long on quotes. The latest Mason-Dixon poll results of both Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate apparently come from the same survey of, “500 registered Republican voters and 500 registered Democratic voters.” So in assessing its validity/reliability, we will offer our first quote from a recent […]

Mitch PerryJuly 27, 2015

The Democratic senate race in Florida is a statistical tie, about 13 months before the primary election, according to a new poll. Orlando U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson gets 33 percent and Jupiter Rep. Patrick Murphy 32 percent in the Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey published Monday morning in POLITICO by reporter Marc Caputo. That’s good news […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

Jeb Bush leads Marco Rubio 28 to 16 percent in Florida in a Mason-Dixon poll released Friday via POLITICO’s Marc Caputo. That’s a significant drop off in support for Rubio in Florida. In a previous survey conducted by Mason-Dixon nearly three months ago, the two Miami-Dade County residents were virtually tied, with Bush up 31-30 […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

What a difference a well-publicized announcement can make. For the first time this year, Marco Rubio is tied with Jeb Bush in a presidential poll in Florida. A Mason-Dixon survey released overnight shows Rubio with 31 percent support from Republicans, with Bush at 30 percent. The poll of 400 Floridians was taken Tuesday through Thursday and […]

Mitch PerryMarch 12, 2015

The other day Mason-Dixon did a poll on the 2016 Florida U.S. Senate race, and its content was somewhat pedestrian. Pedestrian in the respect that it only put forth four names: Marco Rubio and Jeff Atwater for the Republicans; Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Patrick Murphy for the Democrats. With more than a year and a half until the […]

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Alan Grayson very confident about Senate chances a year out

Applying the Salt Shaker Test to the solar amendment poll

Mason-Dixon solar poll: Salt Shaker Test

Mitch Perry Report for 7.29.15 — Kathy Castor goes all the way on Cuba

Florida progressives say they now have options in Democratic Senate primary

Salt applied to Mason-Dixon U.S. Senate poll

Alan Grayson, Patrick Murphy virtually tied in new poll of Dem U.S. Senate primary

New poll has Jeb Bush up big over Marco Rubio in Florida

New poll shows Marco Rubio tied with Jeb Bush in Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 3.12.15 — Charlie Crist for Senate?

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.