5 QUESTIONS THAT REVEAL WHY

FLORIDA VOTERS ARE GOING TO

ELECT RICK SCOTT / RON DESANTIS

CBS News 2018 Battleground Tracker
Florida

23. Regardless of how you are voting, from what you have seen or read about their personal background and biography, do you consider each candidate’s past experiences as generally a positive thing about them, a negative thing about them, or neither?

  Positive - Negative - Neither
Bill Nelson 43% - 36% - 20%
Rick Scott 47% - 39% - 14%
Andrew Gillum 42% 37% 20%
Ron DeSantis 45% - 32% - 23%

25. In your view, over recent years, have recent immigrants from Mexico and Latin America made life in the state of Florida better, worse, or not had an impact either way?

Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . 26%
Worse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . . 36%
Not had an impact either way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . 38%

27. Do you believe the migrants would ultimately pose a threat to the U.S., or not a threat to the U.S.?

Threat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .  43%
Not a threat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .... . .... .. ....38%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .........19%

28. In what they say and do, do you think the Democratic party:

Tries to put the interests of long-term residents and U.S. citizens over recent immigrants ............12%
Tries to put the interests of recent immigrants over long-term residents and U.S. citizens -- 50%
Tries to treat each of their interests fairly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ...... .... ... 38%

29. In what they say and do, do you think the Republican party:

Tries to put the interests of long-term residents and U.S. citizens over recent immigrants -- 72%
Tries to put the interests of recent immigrants over long-term residents and U.S. citizens . ......... 9%
Tries to treat each of their interests fairly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... ... . .... . . 19%

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