EMILYs List Poll: Scott Deeply Unpopular, Voters Repelled By Abortion Bans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, EMILYs List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, released an internal poll of Florida’s U.S. Senate race.

Sen. Scott is deeply unpopular, with his favorability fourteen points underwater and a majority of voters saying it is time to replace him outright. EMILYs List-endorsed candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell trails his 44% of the vote by just three points. Voters also strongly reject Republican policies on abortion and IVF.

Minami Yoshizawa of Public Policy Polling notes that: 

• U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s job approval and favorability ratings are both underwater by double digits – his job approval rating is 34/44 and his favorability rating is 34/48. A majority (53%) of Florida voters also think it’s time to elect someone new to the U.S. Senate.
• A majority of voters are also less likely to vote for Scott after hearing about his extreme views on reproductive rights:
  • “Rick Scott thinks that politicians like him should be able to dictate what women can and can’t do with their bodies. He supports an extreme abortion ban in Florida that bans abortion before most women even realize they are pregnant and does not include exceptions for rape or incest, and supports a nationwide ban on abortion. He even cosponsored a bill that would send doctors who perform abortions to jail.” 56% of voters say this makes them less likely to vote for Scott, while only 14% say it makes them more likely to vote for him.
  • “In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, Republicans nationwide are enacting more and more restrictions on when and how families can have children, like the recent banning of in-vitro fertilization treatment in Alabama, which many parents who are struggling to get pregnant use to have a child. With Republicans like Rick Scott in control, there will likely be more of these extreme bans, including a national ban on abortion.” 55% of voters say this makes them less likely to vote for Scott, while only 15% say it makes them more likely to vote for him.

The full memo is available here.

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