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A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2017

The hottest U.S. Senate race in the country will be in the Sunshine State over the next twelve months, pitting two politicians who don’t lose against each other. One will go to Washington for the next six years. The other, very likely, will have lost his last campaign. The two combatants: Sen. Bill Nelson in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

Jacksonville’s mayor, City Council president, and City Council vice president are part of a 141-person delegation from the city to Toronto on Wednesday. Their absence raised questions in Jacksonville City Hall about why the Duval County legislative delegation would meet without them, and even the day before the Wednesday meeting, there apparently was encouragement from […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

For enthusiasts of Confederate monuments, the University of North Florida poll released Tuesday morning presents bad news and good news. The poll — a live dial survey from Oct. 11-17 of 816 registered voters — says that only four in ten Florida voters want the monuments to “remain in public places as reminders of Southern […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Dark days in the Sunshine State for President Donald Trump, according to a poll from the University of North Florida. Trump — who carried the state last November — has troughed to a 37 percent approval rating, according to the live dial survey of 838 registered voters conducted between Oct. 11 and Oct. 17. That approval […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

While still a hypothetical race — for now — a new poll from the University of North Florida says a contest between Bill Nelson and Rick Scott is a dead heat. In a statewide, live-dial poll of 838 registered voters, Nelson was the choice of 37 percent of respondents, Scott of 36 percent, while 20 percent were […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Democrats who believe that running against the Second Amendment is a road to victory in 2018 need to think again, according to a poll released Tuesday. A University of North Florida survey showed that only 42 percent of respondents support a ban on assault weapon and large-capacity ammunition sales; 52 percent of respondents oppose, including 55 […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2017

A new poll from the University of North Florida says that crime is the number one policy preoccupation for Duval County’s registered voters. And despite concerted investments in public safety in the city’s last three budgets, crime concerns more voters than in previous polls — and that is especially true for females surveyed. Crime was […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2017

Jacksonville’s City Hall has been a cauldron of discontent in recent months; as recently as Tuesday, the Mayor and the City Council President were trading barbs about a priority piece of legislation the Council President opposed. Despite the fissure between the city’s chief executive and lead legislator, city leaders are polling pretty well, per University of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2017

As Jacksonville City Council President Anna Borsch considers potentially moving Confederate monuments, a new poll from the University of North Florida suggests little enthusiasm among Duval residents for relocating the relics. Removal is underwater: 38 percent of registered voters want them gone, while 53 percent of registered voters want the monuments to remain. Brosche, a Republican running for […]

Scott PowersJune 8, 2017

Lodging alternative marketing service Airbnb released figures Thursday that shows families and friends of college graduates piled into vacation rental homes from Pensacola to Miami Guests booking rooms in Airbnb-marketed vacation rental homes more than doubled in Gainesville and Tallahassee during the University of Florida and Florida A&M University commencement weeks in April. Tallahassee also […]

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Bill Nelson: ‘Rick Scott is raising unlimited corporate money’

Disconnect between Duval delegation, Jacksonville leadership raises questions

Shock poll: Only 4 in 10 Florida voters want Confederate monuments to stay put

Donald Trump net approval rating upside down in Florida

New poll pegs Bill Nelson vs. Rick Scott as a dead heat

Poll: Majority of Floridians oppose assault weapon ban

Poll: Crime preoccupies Jacksonville voters for third straight year

Poll gives Duval’s political leaders high job approval numbers

Duval voters want to keep Confederate statues, per poll

College graduates’ families, friends pump up Airbnb bookings