DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and FDP Chair Tant Condemn Rick Scott’s Voter Purge Tour

/in /by

From the Florida Dems Blog:

Tallahassee, FL — Today, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and FDP Chair Allison Tant held a call with the media to discuss the voter purge tour by Rick Scott’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner, which begins today in Panama City.

Worried that voters will see his purge as the politically motivated voter suppression tactic that it is, the Governor is sending his Secretary of State on a tour around the state to attempt to sell this purge to voters.

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, “The results of Rick Scott’s last voter purge were an unmitigated disaster, and nearly all Supervisors of Elections abandoned the effort. Now, unbelievably, Rick Scott is at it again. With his reelection on the horizon, the Governor is asking voters to take his word for it that this time there’s no political motivation behind his attempt to purge voters. But Rick Scott knows he can’t win an election on the merits, so he has to try to suppress the votes of honest Floridians.”

FDP Chair Allison Tant said, “This vote purge tour is a political charade that creates far more problems for our Supervisors of Elections than it claims to solve. The supervisors of elections are not asking for this. They know that this is a politically motivated undemocratic re-election strategy. Voters deserve better.”

Polling: Rick Scott’s Summer Campaigning Completely Failed

/in /by

From the Florida Dems Blog:

New Poll Shows Floridians Have No Faith in This Governor

Tallahassee, FL — The results of Rick Scott’s summer of constant campaigning for reelection are in, and it’s bad news for Rick Scott. Months of photo op after photo op have failed to get Floridians to forget his failed record as governor.

New poll numbers prove that voters have not forgotten that he cut over $1.3 billion from education, has doled out taxpayer-funded giveaways to big corporations, and has fought tooth and nail against expanding access to affordable healthcare in Florida.

“The voters of Florida have seen through Rick Scott’s governance by campaign photo-op and they are not fooled,” said FDP Executive Director Scott Arceneaux. “Rick Scott has nothing to show for a whole summer of campaigning. In fact, his approval rating is underwater by 22 points. It is abundantly clear that voters fundamentally do not trust this governor, and what’s worse, have no faith in his ability to help Floridians in this difficult economy. Voters are ready for change in 2014.”

A closer look at the new Public Policy Polling poll paints an even darker picture for Rick Scott. The Governor trails by double digits in every key demographic:

  • Rick Scott has a 34-point deficit with women.
  • He has 36-point deficit with independent voters.
  • He has a 30-point deficit with Hispanics.
  • Voters under 45 years old disapprove of Rick Scott by 43 points.
  • Voters over 65 disapprove of the governor by 13 points.

Rick Scott spent every spare moment of the past summer campaigning for reelection. He has nothing to show for it.