Rubio up by double digits in U.S. Senate race

The poll also shows Republicans in two other key swing states – OH and Pennsylvania – opening up large leads over Democrats, dispelling, at least for now, party leaders’ angst about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s potential to hurt down-ballot candidates. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, has climbed into the lead over former Gov. Ted Strickland, who had led for much of the campaign.

Murphy would beat Rubio’s Republican rival, Manatee County developer Carlos Beruff, in a November contest, by 40 percent to 34 percent.

Rubio leads Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., by 50-37 percent, a 6-point gain since Quinnipiac’s last poll of Florida voters in June.

Party voters will choose their nominees for November in an August 30 primary. According to the RealClearPolitics average, Trump leads Clinton by less than 1 point in Florida, Clinton is ahead of Trump by 1 point in OH, and Clinton is ahead by 3 in Pennsylvania.

Portman also won the Independent vote in OH, 49 to 39 percent.

The Florida and Pennsylvania results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, while the OH results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

Toomey leads McGinty among both men and women. He trails Murphy among Hispanic and black voters, but by a smaller margin than most Republicans.

“Many talking heads have suggested that with Donald Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, Republican Senate candidates might suffer”, said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

“The breadth of Sen”. “He has a 19-point margin among independent voters and scores 10 points better among Republicans than Murphy does among Democrats”.

Florida voters are split on Rubio’s performance with, 46 percent approving and 43 percent disapproving. He’s also getting help from the Senate Leadership Fund and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is pouring $3 million into television ads that begin airing today for a week, supporting him in the Orlando and Tampa media markets. Portman had a positive favorability margin, 40 to 32 percent, while Strickland had a slightly negative rating of 38 to 42 percent.

President Obama’s job approval has taken a dive in Florida, with 44 percent saying he’s doing a good job and 53 percent saying he’s doing a bad job.