UNF/FCN Feb. 20 Florida Presidential Poll Results

Here are the complete results of a poll conducted by the University of North Florida Public Research Lab done in conjunction with First Coast News. | Read story coverage of the poll

Poll note:  n= number of respondents

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg, who would you vote for?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=672
Donald Trump44%
Michael Bloomberg50%
Don’t Know6%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=274 Republican Voters n=257 NPA Voters n=141
Donald Trump10%84%37%
Michael Bloomberg86%12%52%
Don’t Know5%5%11%

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who would you vote for?

Answer Options

 

Florida Voters n=668
Donald Trump48%
Joe Biden49%
Don’t Know3%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=271 Republican Voters n=253 NPA Voters n=144
Donald Trump11%89%44%
Joe Biden88%9%49%
Don’t Know1%3%7%

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, who would you vote for?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=671
Donald Trump48%
Bernie Sanders48%
Don’t Know4%

 

Answer Options  Democratic Voters n=277 Republican Voters n=252 NPA Voters n=142
Donald Trump11%89%46%
Bernie Sanders87%10%46%
Don’t Know2%2%8%

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren, who would you vote for?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=661
Donald Trump47%
Elizabeth Warren47%
Don’t Know6%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=269 Republican Voters n=252 NPA Voters n=140
Donald Trump11%88%40%
Elizabeth Warren87%7%47%
Don’t Know2%5%13%

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg, who would you vote for?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=664
Donald Trump49%
Pete Buttigieg45%
Don’t Know7%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=268 Republican Voters n=255 NPA Voters n=141
Donald Trump14%85%45%
Pete Buttigieg81%10%43%
Don’t Know5%5%12%

If the general election were held today and the candidates were Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar, who would you vote for?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=662
Donald Trump48%
Amy Klobuchar44%
Don’t Know8%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=268 Republican Voters n=253 NPA Voters n=141
Donald Trump13%86%44%
Amy Klobuchar81%9%41%
Don’t Know6%5%15%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way that Donald Trump is handling his job as President of the United States?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=715
Strongly Approve31%
Somewhat Approve16%
Somewhat Disapprove10%
Strongly Disapprove41%
Don’t Know2%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=296 Republican Voters n=261 NPA Voters n=158
Strongly Approve8%62%24%
Somewhat Approve6%25%19%
Somewhat Disapprove8%4%21%
Strongly Disapprove76%8%34%
Don’t Know2%2%3%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way that Marco Rubio is handling his job as United States Senator?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=715
Strongly Approve21%
Somewhat Approve28%
Somewhat Disapprove15%
Strongly Disapprove21%
Don’t Know15%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=295 Republican Voters n=263 NPA Voters n=157
Strongly Approve7%41%15%
Somewhat Approve16%36%34%
Somewhat Disapprove20%8%15%
Strongly Disapprove41%3%17%
Don’t Know16%12%19%

Do you approve or disapprove of the way that Rick Scott is handling his job as United States Senator?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=719
Strongly Approve21%
Somewhat Approve23%
Somewhat Disapprove14%
Strongly Disapprove22%
Don’t Know19%

 

Answer Options Democratic Voters n=296 Republican Voters n=263 NPA Voters n=160
Strongly Approve6%43%15%
Somewhat Approve13%31%26%
Somewhat Disapprove17%6%21%
Strongly Disapprove43%5%16%
Don’t Know21%15%21%

Survey Demographics

What is the highest grade in school or year of college you have completed?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=725
Less than High School Degree3%
High School Graduate22%
Some College46%
College Graduate17%
Postgraduate12%

Currently, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or no party affiliation?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=725
Democrat37%
Republican35%
NPA/Independent28%
[If NPA/Independent] Do you think of yourself closer to the Republican Party or Democratic Party?

Answer Options Florida Voters n=249
Closer to Republican37%
Neither25%
Closer to Democratic33%
Don’t Know3%

 

Age Florida Voters n=725
18-248%
25-3415%
35-4414%
45-5415%
55-6418%
65 and older29%

 

Race Florida Voters n=725
White (Not Hispanic)63%
Black (Not Hispanic)13%
Hispanic17%
Other12%

 

Sex Florida Voters n=725
Male46%
Female54%

 

Telephone Florida Voters n=
Landline20%
Cellphone80%
Refusal<1%

Methodology

Respondents who selected “Wouldn’t Vote” and “Refusal” were coded as missing and not included in the results presented.

The UNF/First Coast News Florida Statewide Poll is comprised of 725 Florida registered voters and was conducted Monday, Feb. 10 through Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 by the Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) at the University of North Florida who sponsored in partnership with First Coast News. The sample frame was comprised of registered Florida voters, 18 years of age or older, contacted by live callers via the telephone from 5 to 9 p.m. daily with a maximum of five callbacks attempted. The phone numbers used for this survey were sourced from the December update of the Florida voter file. UNF undergraduate students and employees conducted interviews in Spanish and English. Data collection took place at the PORL facility with its 27-station Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system.

The margin of sampling error for the total sample is +/- 3.6 percentage points. The breakdown of completed responses on a landline phone to a cellphone was 20% to 80%, with less than 1% unidentified. Through hand dialing, an interviewer upon reaching the individual as specified in the voter file asked that respondent to participate, regardless of landline telephone or cellphone. Data were then weighted by partisan registration, age, race, sex, and education. Education weights were created from the Census’ 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) estimate for the percent of college-educated individuals in the state of Florida, approximately 29%. Partisan registration, sex, race, and age weights were created from the December update of the Florida Voter File to match the active registered voters in Florida. These demographic characteristics were pulled from the voter file list. To ensure a representative sample of registered voters, the 10 Florida designated market areas were stratified. Quotas were placed on each of these stratified areas to ensure a proportionate number of completed surveys from across the state.

All weighted demographic variables were applied using the SPSS version 25 rake weighting function, which will not assign a weight if one of the demographics being weighted on is missing. In this case, respondents missing a response for any of the demographic information were given a weight of 1. There were no statistical adjustments made due to design effects. This study had a 12.2% response rate. The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Response Rate 3 (RR3) calculation was used which consists of an estimate of what proportion of cases of unknown eligibility are truly eligible. This survey was directed by Dr. Michael Binder, UNF associate professor of political science.