GOP Candidates out of touch with GOP base...in Florida anyway

[YellowSnow51]

=We continue to find that background checks on all gun purchases are universally popular across party lines everywhere we poll. In Florida there's 88% support to only 7% opposition, and backing for them comes from 92% of Democrats, 88% of Republicans, and 82% of independents.

-Floridians continue to be firmly supportive of Medicaid Expansion- 63% of voters in the state favor it to only 31% who are opposed. Democrats (87/11) are almost universally for it, a majority of independents (52/35) are, and even Republicans (41/52) are relatively split on it. This is just the latest in a long run of our poll findings about how popular it is in the Sunshine State.

-73% of voters in the state support increasing the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour, with only 13% thinking it should be kept where it is and another 13% who think it should be eliminated altogether. 95% of Democrats, 69% of independents, and 52% of Republicans support an increase to a minimum of $10. This is an issue where the Republican base is a lot further along than the Republican Presidential candidates.

-The reaction to gay marriage being legal in Florida is mostly 'no big deal.' 76% of voters in the state either say that it's had no impact on their lives or a positive one, with just 24% claiming it's been a negative. Even among Republican voters 71% say it hasn't been a big deal.

-Marco Rubio may not want to do anything about global warming, but 63% of his constituents support the EPA Clean Power Plan to only 29% who are opposed to it. 84% of Democrats, 63% of independents, and 39% of Republicans express support for it.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2015/09/florida-miscellany.html

 

[TexMichFan]

Florida is a bunch of old Northern liberals so there is no surprises in these polls.

 

[YellowSnow51]

Florida is a bunch of old Northern liberals so there is no surprises in these polls.

LOL wut? Not in the Florida I've been to...which is all of it. Not to mention this is the GOP in Florida. They aren't liberals.

Most of the GOP candidates are in the minority on a lot of positions they hold. I don't think there's any question about that. For every 20k that go to see Trump speak, there's a million that stay home.

 

[TexMichFan]

LOL wut? Not in the Florida I've been to...which is all of it. Not to mention this is the GOP in Florida. They aren't liberals.

Most of the GOP candidates are in the minority on a lot of positions they hold. I don't think there's any question about that. For every 20k that go to see Trump speak, there's a million that stay home.

I will be slightly more serious in this reply.

With the exception of the Medicaid expansion none of these issues are going to have an impact in the next election. The Medicaid answer was no surprise since the poll was made up of 69% of people who are 46 or older with 29% being being 65 or older. The question was also phrased like "we can get a lot of money from the Feds do you support this". If I remember correctly the Federal money for the expansion only lasts so long and then the funding will have to come from the people of Florida. So a better question would be "would you support expansion with federal money if it meant in a few years your taxes will be raised or services you might use may have to be cut to further fund it".

I think most people support a minimum wage increase. Now if you asked "would you support a minimum wage increase if it meant price increases for the things you buy" your support would be less. If you added that raising the wage meant there would be less hours you would have less support. Personally I don't like a Federal minimum wage but would support requiring states to have one.

The same goes for the EPA question. Of course people are in favor of controls on pollution, if you ask would you like more or less pollution you will get an answer of less. If you asked if they would support a 3-5-10% increase in their utility bills you would have a far different level of support. I would like to see the answer people would give if you asked them what effect pollution had on their day to day life.

I support background checks in theory but would like to see exactly what the plan would be. Since I don't own a gun except for a pellet gun I would say check away. The other piece of information that I would need to have is if a background check would have make a difference in the shootings that are driving this discussion. Are we fixing a problem or just passing law to make ourselves feel like we are.

As for your Trump statement - well for every 20,000 that go to see any candidate there are millions that stay home so I don't see your point here. I would think any politician with the exception of Bernie who is already drawing big crowds would love to have 20,000 show up.

 

[lucas80]

The GOP candidates are out of touch with most people. But, a primary is about the hard core base. The people who live party politics 24/7/365. Hillary is out of touch. Bernie isn't even a Democrat officially and he is out of touch. They are all out of touch at this time. It's about being as loud as possible and appealing to the margins at this point.

 

[YellowSnow51]

I will be slightly more serious in this reply.


As for your Trump statement - well for every 20,000 that go to see any candidate there are millions that stay home so I don't see your point here. I would think any politician with the exception of Bernie who is already drawing big crowds would love to have 20,000 show up.

That was for whatever person posted a pic of his latest rally

 

[ottumwan in tx]

when I lived in NY there were tons of New Yorkers moving to Florida, but I heard lately they've been goin to SC