Polling on the Florida gubernatorial race has been anything but consistent over the last few months. Democratic state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Republican former hospital executive Rick Scott have each found themselves atop a handful of surveys, while neither has been able to maintain an outright advantage for an extended period of time. Today, two new polls on the race have been released, echoing this trend— a Quinnipiac Poll finds Sink leading Scott 45%-41%, while a Rasmussen survey has the Republican ahead 48%-45%.
When Quinnipiac looked at this on October 10, Scott was found on top of the contest 45%-44%. Rasmussen’s last look on October 18 gave him a more significant six-point advantage, 50%-44%.
Fittingly, the TPM Poll Average has the two candidates deadlocked, 44.8%-44.8.
The margin of error for the surveys are ±3.5 (Quinnipiac) and ±4.0 (Rasmussen) percentage points.
For more on the race, check out TPMDC’s full coverage here
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