- The conservative governor shows double-digit leads over Democratic candidates for the job
- Half of respondents oppose the idea of enacting a Texas-style abortion law in Florida
- Rubio challenger in U.S. Senate race, Demings, trails the GOP incumbent
ST. LEO, FL – The most recent poll of 500 Floridians by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute (
polls.saintleo.edu) shows that more than half of respondents say Governor Ron DeSantis is doing a good job overall and that his handling of the COVID crisis meets with their approval. Still, the Republican governor’s work on both counts is met with strong feelings of disapproval from more than one-quarter of those polled.
The governor is up for re-election during the 2022 election, and is also considered by some to be a contender for a future presidential race. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, another prominent Republican, is also up for re-election in 2022, and respondents weighed in on a race between Rubio and Democratic challengers.