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A new poll finds that Florida Senator Rick Scott's approval and favorability ratings are underwater, with a majority of Florida voters wanting someone new. The poll shows Scott's challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell only 3 points behind, despite lower name recognition. A majority of voters are also less likely to vote for Scott after hearing about his extreme views on reproductive rights, including supporting a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions and cosponsoring a bill to jail doctors who perform abortions.

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A new poll finds that Florida Senator Rick Scott's approval and favorability ratings are underwater, with a majority of Florida voters wanting someone new. The poll shows Scott's challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell only 3 points behind, despite lower name recognition. A majority of voters are also less likely to vote for Scott after hearing about his extreme views on reproductive rights, including supporting a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions and cosponsoring a bill to jail doctors who perform abortions.

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From: Minami Yoshizawa, Public Policy Polling

To: Interested Parties

Subject: Scott Looking Vulnerable in Florida U.S. Senate Race; Voters Repelled By His
Views on Abortion

Date: March 5, 2024

A new Public Policy Polling survey conducted in Florida finds that U.S. Senator Rick Scott’s job
approval and favorability ratings are both underwater by double digits – his job approval rating is
34/44 and his favorability rating is 34/48. A majority (53%) of Florida voters also think it’s time
to elect someone new to the U.S. Senate.

Scott’s challenger and former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell has lower name
recognition, with 63% of voters unsure of their opinion of her. However, the poll finds that a
match-up between the two would be competitive, with Mucarsel-Powell only 3 points behind
Scott’s 44% of the vote.

A majority of voters are also less likely to vote for Scott after hearing about his extreme views on
reproductive rights:

● “Rick Scott thinks that politicians like him should be able to dictate what women can and
can’t do with their bodies. He supports an extreme abortion ban in Florida that bans
abortion before most women even realize they are pregnant and does not include
exceptions for rape or incest, and supports a nationwide ban on abortion. He even
cosponsored a bill that would send doctors who perform abortions to jail.” 56% of voters
say this makes them less likely to vote for Scott, while only 14% say it makes them
more likely to vote for him.
● “In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, Republicans nationwide are enacting
more and more restrictions on when and how families can have children, like the recent
banning of in-vitro fertilization treatment in Alabama, which many parents who are
struggling to get pregnant use to have a child. With Republicans like Rick Scott in
control, there will likely be more of these extreme bans, including a national ban on
abortion.” 55% of voters say this makes them less likely to vote for Scott, while only
15% say it makes them more likely to vote for him.

Public Policy Polling surveyed 790 Florida voters from February 29-March 1, 2024. The margin
of error is +/- 3.5%. 63% of interviews for the survey were conducted by text message and 37%
by telephone.

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