FL/Quinnipiac: Nelson with huge leads over opponents

[JohnnyLongtorso]

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1284.xml?ReleaseID=1605&What=&strArea=;&strTime=0

Bill Nelson (D) - 47
Mike Haridopolos (R) - 26

Bill Nelson (D) - 48
Adam Hasner (R) - 23

Bill Nelson (D) - 47
George LeMieux (R) - 27

LeMieux has a slight lead in the primary:

LeMieux - 14
Haridopolos - 13
Hasner - 4

Nelson's approvals are 51/24.

[Keystone Phil]

We won't get this one unless a much stronger candidate emerges and the national climate is even more favorable to the GOP. Nelson's approval rating is just too strong.

[Franzl]

Nelson's approval rating is just too strong.

Although I don't quite understand why.

[Keystone Phil]

Nelson's approval rating is just too strong.

Although I don't quite understand why.

Same here.

[King]

Rick Scott should run.

[Lief 🗽]

It's understandable why his approvals are so high when the other option is someone from the party of Rick Scott.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Nelson has maintained good approvals because he helped passed the prescriptive drug benefit in 2006 concerning medicare at the time medicare is in peril. Meantime he has a moderate voting record, fiscally and not to upset that voting bloc either.

[Joe Republic]

Well the GOP aren't going to win, so why not put Katherine Harris up again?  At least she made it entertaining last time.

[cinyc]

It's understandable why his approvals are so high when the other option is someone from the party of Rick Scott.

You mean the party of Marco Rubio, right?  Rubio's  favorables are just as high as Nelson's.

[Joe Republic]

Rubio hasn't been making any headlines recently, though.  That's what counts.

[cinyc]

Rubio hasn't been making any headlines recently, though.  That's what counts.

Not being a governor and, therefore, not having to do unpopular stuff during a recession is more important these days.  With a few notable exceptions (Cuomo), most governors' approval ratings are underwater - though most not as bad as Scott's. 

[Joe Republic]

So there you go.  Regardless that this is an election for the same type of office that Rubio occupies, it's Rick Scott currently leading the GOP banner in Florida right now.  Ergo, Nelson's approvals are solid.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Rubio hasn't been making any headlines recently, though.  That's what counts.

Not being a governor and, therefore, not having to do unpopular stuff during a recession is more important these days.  With a few notable exceptions (Cuomo), most governors' approval ratings are underwater - though most not as bad as Scott's. 

The fact that Rubio isn't a convicted criminal might also help.

[cinyc]

So there you go.  Regardless that this is an election for the same type of office that Rubio occupies, it's Rick Scott currently leading the GOP banner in Florida right now.  Ergo, Nelson's approvals are solid.

I've always argued that coattails are overrated.   Coattails of people who aren't on the ballot don't even exist.  

You're making far too much out of any governor, especially one who will not be on the ballot in 2012.  Nelson and his opponent will rise and fall on their own, due to federal issues, not state issues.  The idea that voters can't differentiate between candidates and don't understand federalism makes very little sense.

[Napoleon]

Rubio hasn't been making any headlines recently, though.  That's what counts.

Not being a governor and, therefore, not having to do unpopular stuff during a recession is more important these days.  With a few notable exceptions (Cuomo), most governors' approval ratings are underwater - though most not as bad as Scott's. 

The fact that Rubio isn't a convicted criminal might also help.

Px, who IS a convicted criminal with relation to the thread?