As if it was necessary, more evidence of Crist and his lack of base...
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 9:44PM In a recent survey of Florida voters, Public Policy Polling asked Florida voters to name their most favorite and least favorite Governor.
Not shockingly, Jeb Bush (42% chose favorite, 33% chose least favorite) led both categories. In addition to being one of Florida's most polarizing politicians in generations, he is also the most recent and memorable. There are twice as many voters in Florida today as when the fellow who came in second, Bob Graham (23% chose favorite, 15% least favorite), served as Governor.
The man in fourth (Bob Martinez finished last, with 5%)? Charlie Crist.
The fact that a mere 9% chose Crist isn't on its face all that newsworthy. As I've mentioned before, he is not the kind of leader who creates a natural fan base, and thus, will never do well in these kinds of surveys. However, this survey once again shows that the GOP base is done with him.
Not only do 3 times as many GOP voters (12% to 4%) chose Graham as their favorite Governor, as compared to Crist, but Crist finishes in a statistical tie with Lawton Chiles as Republican voters' choice for least Governor.
Democrats don't love him either, where he finishes fourth in the "favorite" rankings, behind Graham, Chiles and distant third, Jeb Bush. That's right, even Democrats like Jeb better than Crist, at least when it comes to their most favorite Governor.
In fact, survey wide, only Bob Martinez fares worse across the board than Crist. This probably has more to do with the fact that Martinez's term was a mere blip in a twenty eight year period dominated by three heavyweight personalities: Graham, Chiles and Bush.
What does all this mean? Not much, other than more evidence that Crist's climb is really uphill in his primary.
The ratings:
Bush: 42 (Fav):33 (Least Fav)
Graham: 23:15
Chiles: 21:16
Crist: 9:17
Martinez: 5:19
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