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Mitch PerryAugust 20, 2015

Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush by a 21-17 percent margin in the GOP presidential race in Florida, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released on Thursday. The Trump surge in Florida was first reflected in a St. Pete Polls survey conducted three weeks ago, and has been maintained in subsequent Florida polls. In a similar Quinnipiac poll […]

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. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 30, 2015

July continues to be the month of Donald Trump in the GOP presidential campaign, as the New York businessman/celebrity has taken the lead nationally in a new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday morning. Trump gets 20 percent support, followed by Scott Walker at 13 percent, and Jeb Bush at 10 percent. No other Republican gets more than […]

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015

Although Jeb Bush appears to be on a roll in national polls since his official declaration that he is running for president 16 days ago, Iowa appears to be immune to that bounce a new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa has found. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leads in the survey released Wednesday with 18 percent of the vote, well […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

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Floridians have somewhat ambivalent feelings about Bruce Jenner‘s transition to Caitlyn Jenner, but most adults in the Sunshine State as well as in Ohio and Pennsylvania say there is “a lot” or “some” social acceptance of transgender people in the nation today, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Wednesday. The former Olympian’s transition has […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

Jeb Bush likes to boast on the campaign trail that he used to be called “Veto Corleone,” so paramount was his mission to stamp out what he considered excessive and unnecessary government spending from the annual state budget while he was Florida’s governor. Bush has nothing on Rick Scott. The current Florida governor on Tuesday […]

Mitch PerryJune 22, 2015

Rick Scott is coming soon to Connecticut to sell business leaders on the virtues of relocating Florida, where he’ll pitch them on the idea that they’d save a whole lot of money by coming to a much lower-taxed state. And Enterprise Florida is already hyping the visit, as they began airing a radio in markets in […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2015

For the second time in the past week, a new state poll of registered Republican Party voters in Florida show Marco Rubio gaining on Jeb Bush. A Quinnipiac survey released Thursday morning shows that Bush maintains a narrow, 2 percentage point lead over the younger U.S. senator, 20-18 percent. Scott Walker is third with 9 percent […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2015

Jeb Bush has had his roughest week on the campaign trail, and it’s only Thursday. The former Florida governor has been getting hammered all week by critics for fumbling of a question regarding the Iraq war, prompting New York Times columnist Gail Collins Thursday piece “Wow, Jeb Bush is Awful.” Meanwhile a 19-year-old college student in Reno […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Jeb Bush confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he won’t participate in the Iowa Straw Poll in August. The news dominated the U.S. political scene Tuesday, obscuring to a degree the controversy accompanying Bush’s response to a question asked Sunday by Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq. Bush told Kelly that even knowing […]

Tag: Quinnipiac

New Quinnipiac Florida poll shows Donald Trump besting Jeb Bush 21-17 percent

Alan Grayson very confident about Senate chances a year out

Donald Trump leads GOP field in new Quinnipiac poll

Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio fade in Iowa in new poll

Majority of Floridians say Caitlyn Jenner’s transition won’t change society’s feelings

Mitch Perry Report for 6.24.15 — Rick Scott wins again

Rick Scott cuts radio ad in Connecticut about doing business in the Sunshine State

Marco Rubio gains more ground on Jeb Bush in new Quinnipiac Florida poll

Will Jeb Bush opt not to compete in Iowa caucus?

Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll; says he “misinterpreted” question on Iraq