Florida Statewide Marginals

 

 

AREA

N= 600 100%

South .......................................... 1 ( 1/106) 168 28%

North .......................................... 2 132 22%

West ........................................... 3 156 26%

East ........................................... 4 144 24%

 

 

START

Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for Suffolk

University and I would like to get your opinions on some political questions.

Would you be willing to spend five minutes answering some questions?

N= 600 100%

Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/108) 600 100%

No-Initial refusal and all other call results .. ? 0 0%

 

 

S1. Thank You. Are you currently registered to vote in Florida?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/110) 600 100%

No ............................................. 2 0 0%

 

 

GENDR

RECORD GENDER

N= 600 100%

Male ........................................... 1 ( 1/109) 288 48%

Female ......................................... 2 312 52%

 

 

S2. Are you enrolled as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent / No Party

Affiliation?

N= 600 100%

Democrat ....................................... 1 ( 1/113) 244 41%

Republican ..................................... 2 217 36%

No party ................ ...................... 3 139 23%

 

 

S3. What is your age category?

N= 600 100%

18-34 YRS ...................................... 1 ( 1/116) 61 10%

35-44 YRS ...................................... 2 79 13%

45-54 YRS ...................................... 3 103 17%

55-64 YRS ...................................... 4 145 24%

65-74 YRS ...................................... 5 151 25%

75+ YRS ........................................ 6 57 10%

REFUSED ........................................ 7 4 1%

 

 

S4. For statistical purposes only, can you please tell me what your ethnic

background / ancestry is?

N= 600 100%

White/Caucasian ................................ 1 ( 1/117) 432 72%

Black/African-American ......................... 2 69 12%

American Indian/Alaska Native .................. 3 5 1%

Asian .......................................... 4 2 0%

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander ......... 5 2 0%

Hispanic/Latino ................................ 6 64 11%

Other .......................................... 7 15 3%

Don't know(DO NOT READ) ........................ 8 11 2%

 

 

Great, I am going to read you a list of individuals in state and local

politics. For each, please tell me if your opinion of them is generally

favorable or generally unfavorable. If you are undecided or if you have never

heard of someone, just tell me that. First take Barack Obama.

N= 600 100%

Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/118) 600 100%

 

 

Q1. Is your opinion of Barack Obama generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/119) 0 0%

Favorable ...................................... 2 288 48%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 264 44%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 48 8%

 

Q2. Is your opinion of Rick Scott generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/120) 21 4%

Favorable ...................................... 2 189 32%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 282 47%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 108 18%

 

 

Q3. Is your opinion of Bill Nelson generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/121) 83 14%

Favorable ...................................... 2 258 43%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 143 24%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 116 19%

 

 

Q4. Is your opinion of Marco Rubio (ROO-be-oh) generally favorable or

generally unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/122) 43 7%

Favorable ...................................... 2 244 41%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 178 30%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 135 23%

 

 

Q5. Is your opinion of Hillary Clinton generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/123) 4 1%

Favorable ...................................... 2 383 64%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 166 28%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 47 8%

 

 

Q6. Is your opinion of Dean Cannon generally favorable or generally

unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/124) 416 69%

Favorable ...................................... 2 28 5%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 37 6%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 119 20%

 

 

Q7. Is your opinion of Debbie Wasserman-Shultz generally favorable or

generally unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/125) 293 49%

Favorable ...................................... 2 131 22%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 79 13%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 97 16%

 

 

Q7A. Is your opinion of Jeb Bush generally favorable or generally unfavorable?

N= 600 100%

Never heard .................................... 1 ( 1/126) 17 3%

Favorable ...................................... 2 316 53%

Unfavorable .................................... 3 195 33%

Heard of/Undecided ............................. 4 72 12%

 

 

Q8

The following are questions about Florida politicians and issues:

 

Q8. Do you think the country is heading in the right direction or is it on the

wrong track?

N= 600 100%

Right direction ................................ 1 ( 1/127) 123 21%

Wrong Track .................................... 2 385 64%

Undecided ...................................... 3 92 15%

 

 

Q9. Do you think that Florida is heading in the right direction or is it on the

wrong track?

N= 600 100%

Right direction ................................ 1 ( 1/128) 181 30%

Wrong Track .................................... 2 321 54%

Undecided ...................................... 3 98 16%

 

 

Q10. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as

President?

N= 600 100%

Approve ........................................ 1 ( 1/129) 246 41%

Disapprove ..................................... 2 290 48%

Undecided ...................................... 3 64 11%

 

 

Q11. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Rick Scott is doing as Governor?

N= 600 100%

Approve ........................................ 1 ( 1/130) 168 28%

Disapprove ..................................... 2 295 49%

Undecided ...................................... 3 137 23%

 

 

Q12. Is the recession over in Florida?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/131) 43 7%

No ............................................. 2 526 88%

Undecided ...................................... 3 31 5%

 

 

Q13. Which is more important to you: maintaining state services or cutting

state spending?

N= 600 100%

Maintain services .............................. 1 ( 1/132) 229 38%

Cut spending ................................... 2 274 46%

Undecided ...................................... 3 97 16%

 

 

Q14. If the candidates in the 2012 Republican Primary for U.S. Senate were (RANDOMIZE)

for whom will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time?

N= 217 100%

George LeMieux (le-MEW) (Vote/Lean) ............ 01 ( 1/133) 8 4%

Will McBride (Vote/Lean) ....................... 02 6 3%

Mike Haridopolos (Vote/Lean) ................... 03 5 2%

Adam Hasner (Vote/Lean) ........................ 04 2 1%

Vern Buchanan (Vote/Lean) ...................... 05 11 5%

Mike McCalister (Vote/Lean) .................... 06 1 0%

Jennifer Carroll (Vote/Lean) ................... 07 6 3%

Joe Scarborough (SCAR-boro) (Vote/Lean) ........ 08 14 6%

Nick Loeb (Vote/Lean) .......................... 09 2 1%

Daniel Webster (Vote/Lean) ..................... 10 16 7%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 11 146 67%

 

 

Q15. Thinking about the 2012 Republican Primary for President of the United

States, if the candidates were (RANDOMIZE), for whom will you vote or toward

whom would you LEAN at this time?

N= 217 100%

Newt Gingrich .................................. 01 ( 1/135) 20 9%

Mitt Romney .................................... 02 71 33%

Mike Huckabee .................................. 03 31 14%

Tim Pawlenty ................................... 04 6 3%

Haley Barbour .................................. 05 8 4%

Michele Bachmann ............................... 06 2 1%

Sarah Palin .................................... 07 17 8%

Ron Paul ....................................... 08 4 2%

Donald Trump ................................... 09 18 8%

Other (DO NOT READ) ............................ 10 4 2%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 11 36 17%

 

 

Q16. If the General Election for United States President were held today and

the candidates were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney for whom

will you vote or toward whom would you LEAN at this time?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/137) 251 42%

Romney ......................................... 2 260 43%

Other .......................................... 3 21 4%

Undecided ...................................... 4 62 10%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q17. How about Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/138) 262 44%

Huckabee ....................................... 2 248 41%

Other .......................................... 3 20 3%

Undecided ...................................... 4 68 11%

Refused ........................................ 5 2 0%

Q18. How about Barack Obama and Tim Pawlenty?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/139) 248 41%

Pawlenty ....................................... 2 167 28%

Other .......................................... 3 32 5%

Undecided ...................................... 4 151 25%

Refused ........................................ 5 2 0%

 

 

Q19. How about Barack Obama and Michelle Bachmann?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/140) 270 45%

Bachmann ....................................... 2 181 30%

Other .......................................... 3 29 5%

Undecided ...................................... 4 114 19%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q20. How about Barack Obama and Newt Gingrich?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/141) 279 47%

Gingrich ....................................... 2 218 36%

Other .......................................... 3 20 3%

Undecided ...................................... 4 77 13%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q21. How about Barack Obama and Sarah Palin?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/142) 310 52%

Palin .......................................... 2 204 34%

Other .......................................... 3 21 4%

Undecided ...................................... 4 59 10%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q22. How about Barack Obama and Donald Trump?

N= 600 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/143) 296 49%

Trump .......................................... 2 201 34%

Other .......................................... 3 24 4%

Undecided ...................................... 4 73 12%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q22A. How about Barack Obama and Haley Barbour?

N= 588 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/144) 276 47%

Barbour ........................................ 2 153 26%

Other .......................................... 3 24 4%

Undecided ...................................... 4 132 22%

Refused ........................................ 5 3 1%

 

 

Q22B. How about Barack Obama and Ron Paul?

N= 588 100%

Obama .......................................... 1 ( 1/145) 281 48%

Paul ........................................... 2 176 30%

Other .......................................... 3 23 4%

Undecided ...................................... 4 106 18%

Refused ........................................ 5 2 0%

 

 

Q23. This past November, in Florida's election for Governor for whom did you

vote: Republican Rick Scott, Democrat Alex Sink, Independence Party Candidate

Peter Allen, Independent Michael Arth, Independent Farid Khavari, Independent

C.C. Reed, or Independent Daniel Imperato {Im-per-AH-toe}, or did you not

vote?

N= 600 100%

Scott .......................................... 01 ( 1/146) 242 40%

Sink ........................................... 02 239 40%

Allen .......................................... 03 4 1%

Arth ........................................... 04 0 0%

Khavari ........................................ 05 2 0%

Reed ........................................... 06 0 0%

Imperato ....................................... 07 0 0%

Did not vote ................................... 08 73 12%

Undecided ...................................... 09 25 4%

Refused ........................................ 10 15 3%

 

 

Q24. Would you characterize Governor Rick Scott's first 100-days on the job as

positive and productive, negative and damaging or as having little impact?

N= 600 100%

Positive and productive ........................ 1 ( 1/148) 154 26%

Negative and damaging .......................... 2 243 41%

Little impact .................................. 3 121 20%

Undecided ...................................... 4 80 13%

Refused ........................................ 5 2 0%

 

 

Q25. If you had the chance to vote again today would you vote for current

Governor Republican Rick Scott, his former opponent Democrat Alex Sink, or

someone else?

N= 600 100%

Scott .......................................... 1 ( 1/149) 185 31%

Sink ........................................... 2 244 41%

Someone else ................................... 3 125 21%

Undecided ...................................... 4 42 7%

Refused ........................................ 5 4 1%

 

 

Q26. Is Governor Rick Scott staying true to his campaign promises?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/150) 263 44%

No ............................................. 2 212 35%

Undecided ...................................... 3 121 20%

Refused ........................................ 4 4 1%

 

 

Q27. Do you agree with how Governor Rick Scott is governing the state?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/151) 185 31%

No ............................................. 2 315 53%

Undecided ...................................... 3 100 17%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

 

Q28. Do you feel that Governor Rick Scott's plan to cut corporate taxes and

cutting regulations will help bring more jobs to Florida?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/152) 237 40%

No ............................................. 2 266 44%

Undecided ...................................... 3 97 16%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

 

 

Q29. Recently Governor Rick Scott signed an executive order that requires drug

testing for many current state workers and job applicants, do you support or

oppose this policy?

N= 600 100%

Support ........................................ 1 ( 1/153) 445 74%

Oppose ......................................... 2 114 19%

Undecided ...................................... 3 41 7%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

 

 

Q30. Do you support or oppose Governor Rick Scott's $154 million in state

spending cuts for K through 12 education?

N= 600 100%

Support ........................................ 1 ( 1/154) 152 25%

Oppose ......................................... 2 377 63%

Undecided ...................................... 3 67 11%

Refused ........................................ 4 4 1%

 

 

 

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Q31. Earlier this year the Florida legislature passed a new education bill

that institutes a test-based merit pay plan for teachers and ends teacher

tenure in place of one-year contracts.

N= 600 100%

Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/155) 600 100%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q31. Some people say this new policy will help attract and keep top teachers,

and enable school administrators to get rid of bad teachers more quickly.

Other people say that the law diminishes a teacher's due process and

collective bargaining rights. Do you favor the new system of merit-based pay

and one-year contracts, or the old system of teacher tenure?

N= 600 100%

New system ..................................... 1 ( 1/156) 268 45%

Old system ..................................... 2 251 42%

Undecided ...................................... 3 81 14%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

 

 

Q32. Do you feel that your federal income taxes are too high, too low or about

right?

N= 600 100%

Too high ....................................... 1 ( 1/157) 219 37%

Too low ........................................ 2 42 7%

About right .................................... 3 290 48%

Undecided ...................................... 4 43 7%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q33. How about corporations, do you feel corporate taxes are too high, too low

or about right?

N= 600 100%

Too high ....................................... 1 ( 1/158) 136 23%

Too low ........................................ 2 254 42%

About right .................................... 3 89 15%

Undecided ...................................... 4 117 20%

Refused ........................................ 5 4 1%

 

 

Q34. Currently the Florida legislature is considering cutting funds to The

Florida Forever Act, a conservation program that has protected more than 2.4

million acres of land and costs the state $300 million dollars per year. Do

you support or oppose cutting funds?

N= 600 100%

Support cut .................................... 1 ( 1/159) 190 32%

Oppose cut ..................................... 2 295 49%

Undecided ...................................... 3 115 19%

Refused ........................................ 4 0 0%

 

 

Q35. What is your opinion of Florida laws on illegal immigrants?

N= 600 100%

Too strict ..................................... 1 ( 1/160) 50 8%

Too lenient .................................... 2 310 52%

About right .................................... 3 109 18%

Undecided ...................................... 4 127 21%

Refused ........................................ 5 4 1%

 

 

Q36. Do you think that Florida should adopt an immigration policy similar to

that of Arizona?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/161) 308 51%

No ............................................. 2 200 33%

Undecided ...................................... 3 92 15%

 

 

Q37. Currently, there are 18 measures before the Florida legislature that deal

with abortion. Do you favor tightening Florida's abortion laws, do you favor

loosening Florida's abortion laws, or do you think they should stay the same?

N= 600 100%

Tighten laws ................................... 1 ( 1/162) 145 24%

Loosen laws .................................... 2 77 13%

Stay the same .................................. 3 259 43%

Undecided ...................................... 4 113 19%

Refused ........................................ 5 6 1%

 

 

Q38. Should Florida pass a law requiring district school boards to adopt a

dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing clothing that exposes

underwear or body parts in a specific manner?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/163) 513 86%

No ............................................. 2 62 10%

Undecided ...................................... 3 25 4%

 

 

 

 

Q39. Do you generally approve or disapprove of President Obama's handling of

the situation in Libya?

N= 600 100%

Approve ........................................ 1 ( 1/164) 237 40%

Disapprove ..................................... 2 264 44%

Undecided ...................................... 3 96 16%

Refused ........................................ 4 3 1%

 

 

 

DEMO

THE FINAL TWO QUESTIONS WILL HELP US CLASSIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH OTHERS TAKING

THE SURVEY

N= 600 100%

Continue ....................................... 1 ( 1/165) 600 100%

 

 

 

 

Q40. Are there any members of your household who are union members?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/166) 70 12%

No ............................................. 2 524 87%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 6 1%

 

 

 

 

Q41. Do you currently have children in the school system?

N= 600 100%

Yes ............................................ 1 ( 1/167) 123 21%

No ............................................. 2 473 79%

Undecided (DO NOT READ) ........................ 3 4 1%