McCollum Shows Comfortable Lead

A statewide Mason-Dixon poll released today shows Attorney General Bill McCollum leading Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in the Florida Governor’s Race – 41 percent to 35 percent. General McCollum posted name recognition numbers near 90 percent, compared with CFO Sink, who barely broke 60 percent. Additionally, General McCollum receives four times the support among Democrats that CFO Sink does among Republicans and beats CFO Sink among Independents by an almost 2-1 margin, demonstrating his electability and appeal to Republicans, Democrats and Independents.

Here’s what they are saying…

McCollum leads Sink in another poll
Orlando Sentinel
Republican Bill McCollum holds a slight lead over Democrat Alex Sink in Florida's 2010 governor's race, according to the latest Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday. McCollum, Florida's attorney general, held a 41 percent to 35 percent edge over Chief Financial Officer Sink in the poll commissioned for Ron Sachs Communications, a public relations firm in Tallahassee…McCollum enjoys high name recognition from 87 percent of registered Florida voters, while Sink is recognized by 61 percent.

Sachs/M-D poll shows McCollum leading Sink
Tampa Tribune
A new installment of the Florida Poll, done by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research for Ron Sachs Communications, shows Republican Bill McCollum leading Democrat Alex Sink in the governor’s race by 41 percent to 35 percent. That result is little changed from the last installment of the same poll, done in mid-May, which showed McCollum with a 40-34 percent lead.

McCollum leads Sink if governor's race were held today
Tallahassee Democrat
Attorney General Bill McCollum has a comfortable lead over a rival in the governor's race, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, according to a Mason-Dixon poll that was just released. McCollum, a Republican, would beat Sink, the leading Democrat, 41 percent to 35 percent, according to the poll…McCollum also has an edge in name recognition over Sink, his fellow Cabinet member, 87 percent to 61 percent.