Toplines - NUSA Florida November 2022 - November 8-9, 2022

Survey of 1,224 Florida 2022 Midterm Voters
Conducted November 8-9, 2022

By Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

 

1* How would you rate the job Joe Biden has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

27% Strongly approve

17% Somewhat approve

  8% Somewhat disapprove

47% Strongly disapprove

  1% Not sure

 

2* Was this the first time you have voted in a midterm election?

 

13% Yes

87% No

  1% Not sure

 

3* Do you always vote in midterm election or just sometimes vote in midterm elections?

 

78% Always

21% Sometimes

  0% Not sure

 

4* Did you cast your ballot on election day or earlier through early or absentee voting?

 

40% Election Day

59% Early

  1% Not sure

 

5* Did you cast your ballot on election day or earlier through early or absentee voting?

 

14% Election day

17% Week before

19% Last month

12% September

37% Long ago

  2% Not sure

 

6* For Governor, did you vote for Ron DeSantis or Charlie Crist?

 

59% Ron DeSantis

40% Charlie Crist

  1% Not sure

 

7* For Senate, did you vote for Marco Rubio or Val Demings?

 

55% Marco Rubio

42% Val Demings

  3% Not sure

 

8* In the contest for your district’s U.S. Representative, did you vote for the Democratic candidate, the Republican candidate or for someone else?

 

43% Democrat

53% Republican

  2% Somebody else

  2% Not willing to say

  0% Not sure

 

9* Who did you vote for in the 2020 Presidential election?

 

49% Trump

46% Biden

  4% Somebody else

  1% Didn't vote

  1% Not sure

 

10* If the 2024 presidential election was held today, and the main candidates were President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump, who would you vote for?

 

40% Biden

49% Trump

  9% Somebody else

  1% Didn't vote

  2% Not sure

 

11* How closely have you been following the immigration positions of the Congressional candidates for whom you voted in this election?

 

52% Very closely

33% Somewhat closely

11% Not very closely

  3% Not at all closely

  2% Not sure

 

12* Do you agree or disagree with the immigration policies of the candidates you voted for?

 

49% Strongly agree

35% Somewhat agree

  7% Somewhat disagree

  3% Strongly disagree

  6% Not sure

 

13* In deciding who to choose as your district's U.S. Representative, was immigration the top issue, not the top issue but in the top three issues, not one of the top three issues but important, or not an important issue in your voting?

 

17% Top issue

48% Top 3 issues

25% Important

  8% Not important

  3% Not sure

 

14* In general, do you favor immigration policies that prevent illegal border crossings and illegal immigrants from getting jobs in the US, or do you favor policies that allow illegal border crossings and illegal immigrants getting jobs?

 

68% Prevent illegal

21% Favor illegal

11% Not sure

 

15* In general, do you favor immigration policies that increase legal immigration into the US, or do you favor policies that reduce the level of legal immigration?

 

37% Increased immigration

49% Reduced immigration

14% Not sure

 

16* How would you rate the way the Biden Administration is handling the issue of illegal immigration?

 

10% Excellent

18% Good

17% Fair

52% Poor

  3% Not sure

 

17* On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?

 

10% Too much

64% Too little

18% About right

  8% Not sure

 

18* In trying to control illegal immigration, how important is it to greatly increase the physical barriers such as walls and fencing on the U.S. border with Mexico -- very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not important at all?

 

51% Very important

18% Somewhat important

16% Not very important

12% Not at all important

  3% Not sure

 

19* In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

72% Yes

15% No

13% Not sure

 

20* Current federal policy adds about one million new permanent immigrants to the United States each year.  Which is closest to the number of new permanent immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 250,000, 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than two million?

 

35% <250k

19% <500k

15% <750k

  9% <1M

  6% <1.5M

  8% >2M

  9% Not sure

 

21* Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States?

 

16% Strongly favor

27% Somewhat favor

17% Somewhat oppose

30% Strongly oppose

10% Not sure

 

22* Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families?

 

62% Favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children

28% Favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include extended family and their spouses’ families

10% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence