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JUNE 03, 2008

Crist's popularity at 61 percent in Q-poll

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Floridians approve of Gov. Charlie Crist's job performance by a heady 61-23 percent margin, prompting this from Quinnipiac's Peter Brown: "If Arizona Sen. John McCain is seriously thinking about picking Gov. Crist as his Republican running mate, these numbers certainly will not dissuade him." The last poll in April had Crist at his lowest approval level of 59 percent.

In addition, 55 percent of voters say Crist has kept his campaign promises, and 60 percent are somewhat or very dissatisfied with the way things are going in Florida; 50 percent approve of the proposed tax shift from property taxes to sales taxes and other measures; 55 percent oppose tax-supported school vouchers; 63 percent favor vouchers if tied to a requirement that 65 percent of schools' budgets be spent in classrooms; 58 percent favor a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman; 47 percent support and 49 percent oppose the new "guns at work" bill; 55 percent support Crist's 12-day European trade and climate change trip next month.

Quinnipiac polled 1,625 Florida voters from May 27 to June 1 with a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points. Read the poll's contents here.

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