Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, has a new poll out showing Marco Rubio in the lead in a three way race versus independent Charlie Crist and Democrat Kendrick Meek. Heading into today’s primary, Meek is leading his Democratic primary opponent Jeff Greene by double digits–which is good news for Marco Rubio and bad news for Charlie Crist. PPP’s Tom Jensen explains:
Democrats will get their stronger candidate if Kendrick Meek wins the Florida Senate primary tonight as expected- but the biggest winner coming out of the primary may be Marco Rubio. PPP finds he would begin the general election in the lead at 40%, followed by Charlie Crist at 32%, and Meek at 17%. If Jeff Greene were somehow able to pull off the upset tonight it would be much closer with Rubio at 37%, Crist at 36%, and Greene at only 13%.
Greene has been dogged by lurid stories about the parties on his private yacht. Assuming he doesn’t pull off a big upset, Meek should presumably see a post-primary surge, which would further eat away at Charlie Crist’s support.
