A new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday morning confirms what a Zogby poll showed back on Monday — that as Election Day nears, more Democrats are peeling away their support (in the polls, anyway) from their standard-bearer in the race, Miami Congressman Kendrick Meek, and defecting to independent Charlie Crist, who they obviously feel is the only man that can possibly stop Marco Rubio's coronation as the next U.S. Senator from Florida.
According to the survey, Rubio is at 42%, Crist 35%, and Meek down to a lowly 15%.
This trend confirms what Democrats have been speculating for weeks — that for whatever reason, the polls haven't reflected what they have been saying amongst themselves — that more and more of them, including those who do believe in Kendrick Meek's message more than they do what some would call the opportunism of the governor, nevertheless will bite the bullet and vote for Crist, as the fear of a Marco Rubio victory appears more likely each and every day.
Will these new polls compel other Democrats who say they will vote for Meek and haven't gone to the polls yet adjust their thinking? Again, these are just polls where we're seeing shifts, while actual voting has been happening for the past 10 days — with voting patterns, as we mentioned yesterday, showing that 200,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats have voted so far in this election cycle, whether it be early voting or by absentee method.
The poll also shows that only 11 percent of voters have not yet made up their minds — which isn't good news for Crist, though again, with the perception that he could actually win gaining a tiny bit of momentum, perhaps those locked-in Meek supporters may think again.
