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Executive Summary
The brushfire poll conducted June 6-8 with 601 likely Republican Primary voters
shows Everett Rice enjoys both superior name ID and a sizeable lead in the
upcoming 2012 GOP Primary for Pinellas Sheriff (in a potential match up with
Bob Gualtieri). Consider the following:
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Among likely GOP voters, Everett Rice enjoys a healthy 38% to 8% positive to
negative ratio in nameidentification (or nearly 4:1) including total name
awareness of 81%. In comparison, only 4% of Republicans say they have a favorable
opinion of Bob Gualtieri (6% are unfavorable), while a combined 90% either have
no opinion of Gualtieri or never before heard the name.
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If the 2012 Republican Primary for Pinellas Sheriff were being held today, in
a hypothetical match-up with the two candidates Rice receives 52% of the vote
compared to 9% for Gualtieri; 35% say they are undecided and 3% refuse to answer.
This wide margin for Everett Rice strongly suggests he is well-positioned
to win the GOP nomination in next year’s GOP Primary.
Methodology:
This survey was commissioned by Everett Rice for Sheriff and conducted June 6-8, 2011
by Voter Survey Service. Calls were automated using our IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
software, and voters were contacted using a pre-recorded set of questions instructing
voters to complete the survey by pressing their telephone key pads to score their answers.
The universe for the poll includes Republican voters only with a history of voting in
past primary elections (2008 and 2010). A voter screen was also used to filter out
registered Democrats, Independents and other voters. The margin of error for a sample
size of 601 interviews is +/-4.0% at the 95% confidence level.
© Voter Survey Service (VSS) is a division of Pennsylvania-based Susquehanna Polling
and Research and specializes insurvey research and political polling for Republican
candidates mainly in PA, NY, NJ, FL, MD and DE. A compilation of polls by RealClearPolitics.com
from the 2010 elections shows that VSS was the most accurate polling firm in the
August 2010 Gubernatorial Primary between (now Gov.) Rick Scott and then-Attorney General Bill McCollum.
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