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Martin DyckmanDecember 23, 2015

Academe would be a dreary place without its occasional kooky professor, but James Tracy of Florida Atlantic University is simply too much. Hired to teach about conspiracy theories, he digressed into peddling his own, beginning with the claim that the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre three years ago was a hoax by the media and by the […]

Staff ReportsNovember 15, 2015

A Public Policy Polling survey of Democratic primary voters nationally who watched Saturday night’s debate finds that it reinforced Hillary Clinton’s front runner status. Viewers overwhelmingly think she won the debate, and particularly trust her over the rest of the Democratic field when it comes to issues of national security. Key findings from the survey […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Jeb Bush assured reporters in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Tuesday that, “We are in it for the long haul,” and said he thinks he’ll be able to pick up Scott Walker supports in Iowa. Though he has nabbed one such Walker backer – Iowa State Rep. Terry Baxter – he’ll need a whole lot more if […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 16, 2015

The race for Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat remains pretty much undefined with the candidates largely unknown and “undecided” voters leading the polling on the Democratic and Republican sides, according to Public Policy Polling’s new poll. A 39 percent plurality of voters are undecided, with Alan Grayson polling at 33 percent to Patrick Murphy‘s 27 percent, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

Sam Rashid is still a member of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority as of 7 a.m. Wednesday, despite that by doing so, he is directly snubbing Gov. Rick Scott, the man who appointed him to the agency last year and is now calling on him to resign from the board. “Governor Scott expects him to resign and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton may be struggling against Vermont independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, but Berniemania hasn’t come to the Sunshine State, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday. The former secretary of state and New York U.S. senator dominates the Democratic primary race with 55 percent […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

The latest Public Policy Poll survey released Tuesday shows that, as is the case in virtually every other poll in the country right now, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are the top two favorites of Republican presidential primary voters in Florida, more than four months before the first votes start counting. Trump and Carson’s […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

A new survey in Florida shows 47 percent of voters want Jeb Bush to drop out of the GOP presidential race, and 48 percent would prefer Marco Rubio do the same. Those numbers come tucked inside a new survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, which shows that Donald Trump continues to lead all Republican candidates in Florida with 28 […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

A majority of voters think Republican U.S. Trey Gowdy’s Benghazi probe is more about damaging Hillary Clinton than trying to uncover why Ambassador Chris Stevens was slain in Libya, a national survey commissioned by Hillary Clinton supporters contends. It also contends that a majority of voters think Jeb Bush should turn over his e-mail server from […]

Mitch PerryAugust 21, 2015

Happy Friday — or will it be in Tallahassee? In the spirit of Larry King‘s classic USA Today columns, here we go … All eyes are on the Capitol today to see whether the Senate will go along with the House’s plan on redistricting, a process that’s supposed to be completed by high noon … None of […]

Tag: Public Policy Polling

Martin Dyckman: The kooky, the clueless, and the crooked

Democratic voters think Hillary Clinton “overwhelmingly” won debate, PPP survey says

Jeb Bush slumps to 6th place in Iowa in new PPP poll

Alan Grayson 33%, Patrick Murphy 27%, new poll of U.S. Senate race finds

Mitch Perry Report for 9.16.15 – Sam Rashid ignores Rick Scott’s call to step down

Hillary Clinton continues to dominate in Florida in new PPP survey

Donald Trump, Ben Carson first and second in latest Florida presidential poll

PPP poll: plurality of Floridians want Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio to drop to out

Majority of voters think Hillary Clinton email story politically driven, survey finds

Mitch Perry Report for 8.21.15 — Jeb’s SNL moment