Most Florida voters are unhappy with the job Rick Scott is doing as his first year as governor of Florida winds down.
The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds that 42% of Likely Florida Voters at least somewhat approve of Scott's job performance as governor, but 51% at least somewhat disapprove.
With Election Day just weeks away, 56% in Florida say there are more negative political ads this year than in the past, which is higher than results found on the national level.
Most voters in Florida feel that the current policies of the federal government encourage illegal immigrants to enter the United States.
Although a majority of Florida voters have voted for an independent candidate in the past, they are less likely to do so this November.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Likely Florida Voters feel cutting taxes is a better way to create new jobs than increasing government spending, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Sunshine state.
Most Florida voters support an immigration law similar to the one passed in Arizona in their own state.
A majority of voters in Florida feel that neither major political party's leaders have the answers to today’s major issues, and even more believe most member of Congress don’t care what the people think.
Most voters in Florida support an immigration law like the one recently passed in Arizona in their state.
Roughly half (53%) of voters in Florida oppose the requirement in the new national health care law that every American must buy or obtain health insurance.
Florida voters are now divided over an amendment to the state constitution proposed by Governor Charlie Crist which would ban offshore oil drilling in Florida waters. State law already prohibits such drilling, but a Constitutional amendment would ensure that the ban isn’t lifted.
As Independent candidate Charlie Crist continues to run neck-and-neck with Republican Marco Rubio in the race for U.S. Senate in Florida, the plurality of voters in the state say they are more likely to vote for a candidate not affiliated with either party this election than they have been in the past.
Just 27% of Likely Voters in Florida say the $787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan enacted by Congress and President Obama last year helped the economy.
Just 28% of Florida voters agree with the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s recently enacted immigration law.
One-in-three Florida voters (33%) favor an amendment to the state’s constitution that prohibits offshore oil drilling off their coast.
As Florida’s attorney general, Bill McCollum is suing the federal government to prevent implementation of the newly passed health care plan.
More than half (57%) of Florida voters say it is at least somewhat likely they would vote for Republican Governor Charlie Crist in the state's United States Senate race in 2010. That figure includes 23% who say they are Very Likely to do so.
State Farm Mutual has announced it will no longer insure homeowners in hurricane-prone Florida after the state refused the company’s request for a 47 percent increase in premiums.
Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Florida voters say former Governor Jeb Bush is likely to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez in 2010.
Florida voters are a bit more optimistic about the U.S. economy than voters across the nation.
