Agreed. Nelson did poorly in the debate against Connie Mack and still won. Also true for Rick Scott who underperformed against Charlie Crist. Statewide level debates are not remembered as much when it’s time to go vote.

Qbanito: I'm sure everybody remembered the well-known live TV Statewide Debate between Chiles & Jeb in 1994 ? Chiles had had enough of Jeb's attacks against him & put him in his place with "the old he-coon walks just before the light of day" comment.

CA Pol Junkie: How accurate has PPP been in their overall polling in previous elections ?

They are "B" rated but with little bias according to fivethirtyeight. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

Getting a feeling that Gillum bringing Hillary out to campaign for him will come back to haunt him in a BIGLY way. She's not well-liked at all & you can bet DeSantis & the GOP Governor's Association will up the ante in those Negative TV Advertising commercials.

^It's like a dumber Scott on one of his worse trolling days.

DeSantis is surging....

Where's the green arrow showing that?

He's probably looking at the margin and comparing it with other polls, which I may add is a really bad idea.

Awaiting the next polling survey that will put DeSantis ahead.

Feeling like the Bradley Effect is going to play a factor here because I'm betting people are lying to the pollsters.

The Bradley Effect wasn’t a factor in Illinois in 2004, Massachusetts or Tennessee I’m 2006, Maryland I’m 2014, etc. I think these are realistic polling results.

Note: spellcheck when on your phone on this site.

There has never really been a Bradley Effect. It's just a theory that always gets brought up whenever a black candidate is running in any race that isn't centered on a majority black area.

also there's the whole thing with Obama carrying Florida twice to throw the whole Bradley Effect claim into some doubt

It most certainly existed and affected Bradley himself as well as Doug Wilder to an extent. But those days are long gone and 2008 should have dispelled any notion of the Bradley effect's lingering relevance.

The energy in Gillum’s camp is something I’ve never seen in the prior Florida gubernatorial races. Hoping it turns into actual votes!

You're an idiot.

You know POTUS Trump will be holding a rally for DeSantis at some point.

I guess Safe DeSantis then...

RP: I do recall some of the pollsters thought Crist was going to win in 2014.... only to see Scott get reelected.

You really are incapable of seeing that all of these things you say can work both ways...

Gubernatorial Debate this Sunday: https://www.theledger.com/news/20181019/1st-debate-between-ron-desantis-and-andrew-gillum-this-sunday-in-tampa

Gillum up by 12, where’s that DeSantis surge?

I still remember the narrative after the primaries was that Gillum was too liberal for the state. Not nearly enough people mentioned how DeSantis is very right-wing and strongly ties himself to Trump. In an environment where Democrats are favored and angry at Trump, that has not proven to be the best strategy, as Gillum has lead every poll of the race thus far.