Poll: Nelson holds 4-point lead over Scott in Florida Senate race
By Lisa Hagen - 10/24/18 09:54 AM EDT
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) holds a 4-point lead over Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), a new poll finds in the final stretch of the heated race that could determine which party controls the Senate majority.
A poll conducted by Gravis Marketing found that Nelson, who is running for a fourth term, is ahead of Scott, 49 to 45 percent, outside the survey’s 3.5-point margin of error. Six percent of likely voters remain undecided.
Both politicians have positive job approval ratings. Forty-eight percent of likely voters approve of the job Nelson is doing, compared to 41 percent who disapprove. Meanwhile, Scott has a slightly higher approval rating, 52-41 percent.
President Trump also has a positive job approval rating in Florida, with 50 percent who approve and 47 percent who disapprove, an uptick from his past numbers in the state. Trump won the Sunshine State by a razor-thin margin in the 2016 election.
Polls have shown a tight race in the Sunshine State. Some polls earlier this month found Nelson with a wider lead, but the last two public polls showed the race in a dead heat. The RealClearPolitics polling average has Nelson leading by 3.5 points.
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