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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2018

The University of North Florida released a poll Monday showing the race for U.S. Senate between Republican challenger Gov. Rick Scott and third-term incumbent Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson as an absolute dead heat. The vast majority of polls have shown the candidates within the margin of error; this survey is close even in that narrow range. Nelson […]

Danny McAuliffeSeptember 24, 2018

Another public poll is showing Andrew Gillum ahead of Ron DeSantis in the Florida gubernatorial race. Gillum, the Democratic option for voters in November, is up on Republican DeSantis by 4 percentage points, according to the survey released on Monday from the University of North Florida. The lead is narrowly outside the poll’s near-4 percent […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2018

Florida voters support restoring suffrage for reformed felons, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. The poll found 71 percent of voters support Amendment 4, also known as the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” with just 21 percent opposed. Ballot amendments need 60 percent support from voters in order make it into the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

A poll released Monday by the University of North Florida shows that more Florida voters favor transgender bathroom rights than President Donald Trump‘s controversial “travel ban” from seven majority-Muslim countries. The UNF poll shows that 62 percent of registered Florida voters would have no issue using the same bathroom as a transgender person; 47 percent of those […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2017

A poll released Monday from the University of North Florida shows Sen. Bill Nelson ahead of Gov. Rick Scott in a hypothetical match-up for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Meanwhile, the favorability ratings of both Sen. Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump are both underwater. Nelson is up by six points (44 percent to 38 percent) over Scott, with 12 percent undecided. Nelson’s personal favorability […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 6, 2017

As legislators begin filing appropriations bills in Tallahassee, we are starting to get an idea what success (or failure) will look like for Northeast Florida this Session. Two of the more compelling requests last week came from Jacksonville Rep. Clay Yarborough, who filed a pair of bills totaling $10 million for the University of North Florida. House […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 27, 2016

A University of North Florida poll released Thursday shows the race too close to call between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The two-way number has Clinton at 46 percent and Trump at 44 percent, with a margin of error of 3.39 percent. In a four-way race including Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein, Clinton barely outperforms that margin of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 27, 2016

A University of North Florida poll released Thursday shows Amendment 2 is looking poised to pass. The survey, from the UNF Public Opinion Research Lab, indicates the medical marijuana amendment is now drawing 73 percent support. That’s down from 77 percent in a similar poll taken a few weeks back. Polling was conducted via live […]

Melissa RossMay 3, 2016

A representative from the world’s largest Muslim-majority country will appear in Jacksonville this week on the University of North Florida campus to discuss religious extremism, international terrorism, ISIS, and more. Ardian Wicaksono, the counselor for political affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Washington D.C., will be the featured speaker at the […]

Melissa RossMarch 14, 2016

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Drawing a direct line between the popularity of GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and the rise of Nazism in Germany, UNF professor Parvez Ahmed in a talk radio interview with WJCT pointed out that all the factors in a country that make genocide possible are now present in today’s United States. He spoke strongly against the […]

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Photo finish? Bill Nelson, Rick Scott in dead heat, new UNF poll says

‘It’s still early’: Andrew Gillum leads Ron DeSantis 47% to 43% in new UNF poll

Felon rights restoration a winner with voters, survey says

Poll: Floridians back transgender bathrooms, oppose ‘travel ban’ from Muslim countries

Bill Nelson holds early lead over Rick Scott (44-38%) in U.S. Senate race

UNF capital improvements among appropriations asks by northeast Florida lawmakers

UNF poll: In two-way race, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump too close to call

Poll shows medical marijuana amendment at 73% support

Interfaith discussion of religion and extremism set for UNF this week

UNF professor on Donald Trump: “This is what modern fascism looks like”