Sink Continues Lead in FL-Gov

The numbers don't look good for the Republicans:

Democrat Alex Sink leads Republican rival Rick Scott by 7 percentage points in the Florida governor’s race, according to a new poll that shows she’s highly popular with the swing state’s swing voters: Independents.

No candidate in recent memory has won the governor’s mansion without the support of no-party affiliation voters, who favor Sink by a 16-percentage point margin, says Brad Coker, director of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research.

Sink is winning big among women, in vote-rich Southeast Florida and in her home base of Tampa Bay, which often sides with the winner in statewide elections, Coker said.

Digging a little deeper, Republican Rick Scott's numbers are even worse than the topline results suggest. At present, just 30 percent of likely voters view him favorably while a whopping 47 percent view him unfavorably. The numbers are significantly better for Democrat Alex Sink, who has a 44 percent positive/23 percent negative favorability spread.

Make no mistake, this race is far from over. But it's not looking good for the Republicans.