{"id":976571,"date":"2021-11-06T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=976571"},"modified":"2021-11-06T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T16:58:49","slug":"poll-ron-desantis-leads-potential-challengers-by-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-ron-desantis-leads-potential-challengers-by-double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Ron DeSantis Leads Potential Challengers by Double Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-ron-desantis-leads-potential-challengers-by-double-digits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=976571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is leading his potential Democrat challengers in the upcoming gubernatorial race by double digits, a&nbsp;Saint Leo University polling institute survey released this week found.<\/p>\n<p>A majority, 56.4 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/polls.saintleo.edu\/6405-2\/\">approve<\/a> of the Florida governor\u2019s job performance. Of those, 36 percent \u201cstrongly\u201d approve. Concerning the Chinese coronavirus specifically, 53.4 percent approve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The survey took a glance at matchups between DeSantis and his potential Democrat challengers in the Sunshine State\u2019s gubernatorial race, including Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL); Nikki Fried, Florida\u2019s commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services; and Annette Taddeo, a Florida state senator from Miami.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_15748314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-457165790.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15748314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-457165790.jpg\" alt=\"In this 2014 file photo, then Vice President Joe Biden stands with former Florida Governor Charlie Crist during a campaign event. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In each scenario, DeSantis leads by double digits. He leads Crist 46.6 percent to 35 percent, Fried 46.4 percent to 32.6 percent, and Taddeo 47.2 percent to 28.2 percent:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6862745098039\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLGov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FLGov<\/a> General Election Poll:<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis (R-Inc) 47% (+12)<br \/>Charlie Crist (D) 35%<br \/>.<br \/>Ron DeSantis (R-Inc) 46% (+13)<br \/>Nikki Fried (D) 33% <br \/>.<br \/>Ron DeSantis (R-Inc) 47% (+19)<br \/>Annette Taddeo (D) 28% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaintLeoPolls?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaintLeoPolls<\/a> ~ 500 Adults ~ 10\/17-10\/23<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kkF624Zkhr\">https:\/\/t.co\/kkF624Zkhr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PollTrackerUSA\/status\/1456275278599266304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Frank Orlando, the director of the Saint Leo University Polling Institute, pointed to the governor\u2019s high approval rating, noting that \u201cvoters won\u2019t want to throw out a governor they approve of\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>The national environment for Democrats, meanwhile, is \u201calmost toxic,\u201d Orlando said. And the visibility of the governor\u2019s office favors DeSantis now. \u201cHis opponents, in particular new entrant Annette Taddeo, are not nearly as well-known as DeSantis,\u201d Orlando said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The survey, taken October 17-25, among 500 Floridians, has a margin of error of +\/- 4.5 percent.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This week, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/03\/desantis-announces-key-steps-to-ensure-election-integrity-in-florida-ballot-harvesting-third-degree-felony\/\">announced<\/a> a series of key efforts he is pushing on the election integrity front, urging the state legislature to prioritize it in the next session. Proposals include placing a timeline on cleaning voter rolls, as well as increasing the penalty for ballot harvesting from a misdemeanor to a felony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is leading his potential Democrat challengers in the upcoming gubernatorial race by double digits, a\u00a0Saint Leo University polling institute survey released this week found. 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