The gubernatorial race in Florida is turning into a real nail-biter. According to a new poll from CNN/Time out today, controversial GOP nominee Rick Scott now leads Democratic nominee Alex Sink by two points, which is within the poll’s margin of error. The poll shows Scott ahead 47-45 among likely voters (Sink leads by one among registered voters.)
In the last CNN/Time poll of the race, taken in early September, Sink led by seven. Since then, however, momentum has appeared to shift to Scott, who spent millions of his own sizable fortune securing the nomination over the protests of just about every member of the state Republican establishment. It appears Scott is now applying the skills he learned convincing Republican voters to back him over his moderate opponent in the primary to the general election with some success.
The TPM Poll Average shows Scott now leading the race by a razor-thin margin of 45.7-44.9.
Trendlines show Scott’s support is on the rise:
Evan McMorris-Santoro
Evan McMorris-Santoro has covered politics for TPM since 2009. Before that, he was a reporter at National Journal’s Hotline covering election 2008. He started his career covering local politics at newspapers in TN and his native NC.
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