The Daily Beast Article RatingGOP Sen. Rick Scott Is Uniquely Unpopular in Florida. Can Dems Capitalize?
Feb 26, 2024 View Original Article
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| "To his detractors, Scott is a big-money, anti-abortion villain trying to sunset Social Security and topple the old guard GOP." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has invested in staff on the ground and run digital ads attacking Scott on Medicare and Social Security." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Although Republicans are attacking Democrats for inflation under Biden, Mucarsel-Powell hopes ruing against the guy who wrote the plan on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare will give her an edge -- particularly in Florida." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "The unpopular proposal touched the well-understood third rail of politics -- targeting Social Security and Medicare and drawing the ire of Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-KY) to Donald Trump." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Scott will likely spend as much as he has to in order to remain the favorite." | Positive | 44% Conservative |
| "Hartline added that he's looking forward to a Biden/Mucarsel-Powell ticket explaining gas and grocery prices, an open border, and how chaos around the world are good for them." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "But despite all those factors, the big challenge for Mucarsel-Powell in this race remains money." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "A November 2023 survey from right-leaning polling firm Cygnal showed only 35 percent of Floridians have a favorable view of Scott -- less than both Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Gov. Ron DeSantis." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "A November 2023 survey from right-leaning polling firm Cygnal showed only 35 percent of Floridians have a favorable view of Scott -- less than both Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Gov. Ron DeSantis." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "A November 2023 survey from right-leaning polling firm Cygnal showed only 35 percent of Floridians have a favorable view of Scott -- less than both Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Gov. Ron DeSantis." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "Democrats haven't clinched a Senate, gubernatorial, or presidential race in Florida since President Barack Obama won in 2012." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "In an exclusive interview, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) lays out her case for why she can beat Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) this year." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In an exclusive interview, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) lays out her case for why she can beat Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) this year." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Influential Florida Democratic donor John Morgan -- founder of the Morgan & Morgan law firm -- put his assessment of Scott bluntly." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Influential Florida Democratic donor John Morgan -- founder of the Morgan & Morgan law firm -- put his assessment of Scott bluntly." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "It's a classic campaign catch-22 -- and at the moment, Mucarsel-Powell hasn't apparently shown donors enough." | Positive | 14% Conservative |
| "A Latina immigrant from Ecuador with a background in education, health care, and gun safety, strategists argue Mucarsel-Powell is an ideal conduit for Democrats to make their 2024 case." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But Scott's campaign appears unphased by the challenge." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Everyone across the state, as I travel and I talk about this race, they know exactly who Rick Scott is, she continued." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "We'll see if she can raise the money, he added, noting he would also be taking cues from Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "Scott spent a whopping $64 million of his own money during his 2018 Senate race." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "But Mucarsel-Powell's camp told The Daily Beast she will rise to the challenge -- even going so far as to say the question for them isn't if they can raise enough money, but how to use funds wisely." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "We're confident that we're going to be able to raise the resources that we need here, a spokesperson for Mucarsel-Powell's campaign told The Daily Beast." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "We're all walking into a casino, Morgan said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "She raised over $2 million last quarter compared to Scott's $4.7 million -- though $3 million of Scott's total came from his personal bank account." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "She raised over $2 million last quarter compared to Scott's $4.7 million -- though $3 million of Scott's total came from his personal bank account." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "He doesn't have plans -- at least at this point -- to donate to Mucarsel-Powell." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Rick Scott has never lost an election and will win re-election in November, he said." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Scott is up for re-election this cycle, and Democrats think they have a candidate who could surprise election prognosticators." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Scott is a well-known incumbent who served two terms as governor before wiing his Senate seat in 2018." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "I would have to see a lot more as we get closer, Morgan told The Daily Beast." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Campaign spokesperson Chris Hartline wasn't shy about Scott's chances." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "They've got the ability to write checks to really do that sort of change the atmospherics of the race, Schale said of the Scott campaign." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Morgan, for example, told The Daily Beast his involvement in the Florida Senate race will be zero." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Morgan said he's spending his money elsewhere." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But again, Mucarsel-Powell thinks she can turn that tide." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Senate Republicans -- including Scott -- recently tanked a bipartisan border security deal that included significant immigration restriction concessions from Democrats." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "But as Democrats try to mount a Senate campaign against Scott this year, both Republicans and Democrats are about to find out whether candidate quality matters anymore in a state that was once considered the swingiest in the nation." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "(Scott has since disputed that claim.)" | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Rick Scott is fully prepared to take on out-of-state liberals pouring millions into Florida to prop up Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's flailing campaign, NRSC spokesperson Philip Letsou said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Rick Scott is fully prepared to take on out-of-state liberals pouring millions into Florida to prop up Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's flailing campaign, NRSC spokesperson Philip Letsou said." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "They know who Rick Scott is, Mucarsel-Powell said of voters." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "They know who Rick Scott is, Mucarsel-Powell said of voters." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "As skeptical donors see it, every dollar spent on booting Scott from the Senate is a dollar that Democrats aren't spending on other competitions." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "However, PAC spokesperson Haah Menchhoff called the race a key offensive opportunity in 2024 and Mucarsel-Powell a strong candidate with a story that resonates with voters and is exactly the kind of Democrat who can be successful in Florida." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "That's exactly why I'm ruing and why great people need to step up and run so that we can bring back some sanity, some unity, get rid of the chaos and the dysfunction of Washington, Mucarsel-Powell said." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Republicans are also blasting Mucarsel-Powell as a weak recruit with sketchy ties to a Ukrainian oligarch, which was first reported in 2018 by The Daily Beast." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have better odds, he thinks, of defending their seats this cycle." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jon Tester (D-MT) have better odds, he thinks, of defending their seats this cycle." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "This is a purple state, Mucarsel-Powell said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Rick Scott is the most wounded bird of all the birds, he said at one point." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "A poll for Senate Democrats shows Scott's favorable ratings trailing Rubio's at the same moment in his 2022, and Scott has never won a statewide election by more than roughly a percentage point." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "A poll for Senate Democrats shows Scott's favorable ratings trailing Rubio's at the same moment in his 2022, and Scott has never won a statewide election by more than roughly a percentage point." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "A poll for Senate Democrats shows Scott's favorable ratings trailing Rubio's at the same moment in his 2022, and Scott has never won a statewide election by more than roughly a percentage point." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "During Scott's eight years as Florida governor and five years in the Senate, he's cultivated a reputation as a staunch conservative who has trouble making friends on Capitol Hill -- an advocate for the rich and an enemy of the poor." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "He's very awkward, Morgan said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "But there's a problem for Mucarsel-Powell." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Still, Mucarsel-Powell and optimistic Democrats aren't going down without a fight." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Scott said if he were still governor, he would have enshrined a six-week abortion ban." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "So far the Democrat-controlled Senate Majority PAC has not invested in Mucarsel-Powell's campaign." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "With such a high opportunity cost, persuading donors that they should pay attention to a former one-term congresswoman taking on the rich and powerful Scott may be an insurmountable task." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "(The backlash to Scott's plan to cut the two government programs was so swift and severe that he excised that portion of the policy.)" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Other Democrats, in Florida and nationally, sense Scott's weakness." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Mucarsel-Powell jumped into the race in August, dispelling chatter that no high-profile Democrat was willing to take on Scott." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "She blamed a 2011 property insurance policy that Scott signed into law as the culprit of the crisis." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And then there's Scott's infamous 12-point plan to Rescue America." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Like Democrats nationally, Mucarsel-Powell is also trying to flip the script on immigration." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Since then, she's blasted Scott for his record." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The economy and inflation are also polling as top issues in Florida, and Mucarsel-Powell herself called the housing affordability crisis the biggest issue." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "To his detractors, Scott is a big-money, anti-abortion villain trying to sunset Social Security and topple the old guard GOP." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "(Notably, Scott was ousted as the chief executive of hospital chain Columbia/HCA for a Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in a $1.7 billion fine from the Department of Justice." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "In an interview with The Daily Beast last week, his Democratic opponent argued Republicans like Scott are agents of chaos in Congress with extreme and dangerous platforms." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "Rick Scott has been part of that dysfunction, she told The Daily Beast." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "The very first line in Mucarsel-Powell's campaign launch video was a shot at Scott and his abortion stance: He would strip away women's rights with a national abortion ban." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "The very first line in Mucarsel-Powell's campaign launch video was a shot at Scott and his abortion stance: He would strip away women's rights with a national abortion ban." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Still, if the GOP is supposed to be scared of Mucarsel-Powell, they didn't seem to get the memo." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "That's another huge, related problem for Mucarsel-Powell:" | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "They've recruited former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), a one-term member who narrowly defeated former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbello in a Miami-adjacent district in 2018, and then narrowly lost to current Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez in 2020." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "They've recruited former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL), a one-term member who narrowly defeated former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbello in a Miami-adjacent district in 2018, and then narrowly lost to current Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez in 2020." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "And in a presidential year when President Joe Biden and Democrats may barely invest in trying to flip Florida, Mucarsel-Powell may largely be on her own." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "And in a presidential year when President Joe Biden and Democrats may barely invest in trying to flip Florida, Mucarsel-Powell may largely be on her own." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "They know that Rick Scott is a fraud." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Mucarsel-Powell denies those ties as nothing but slanderous lies." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "It's no secret that Florida Democrats hate Sen. Rick Scott." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "To start, she's hitting Scott for his hardline stances on abortion." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has invested in staff on the ground and run digital ads attacking Scott on Medicare and Social Security." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "In an interview with The Daily Beast, Morgan couldn't stop insulting Scott -- almost making a sport out of dissing him." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "In an interview with The Daily Beast, Morgan couldn't stop insulting Scott -- almost making a sport out of dissing him." | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "Although Republicans are attacking Democrats for inflation under Biden, Mucarsel-Powell hopes ruing against the guy who wrote the plan on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare will give her an edge -- particularly in Florida." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Although Republicans are attacking Democrats for inflation under Biden, Mucarsel-Powell hopes ruing against the guy who wrote the plan on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare will give her an edge -- particularly in Florida." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "In 2022, DeSantis won 58 percent of the Latino vote, per an NBC News exit poll, propelling him to a 20-point victory over former Gov. Charlie Crist in a bad year for Republicans, and there's little pathway statewide for a Democrat who loses the Latino vote." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "In 2022, DeSantis won 58 percent of the Latino vote, per an NBC News exit poll, propelling him to a 20-point victory over former Gov. Charlie Crist in a bad year for Republicans, and there's little pathway statewide for a Democrat who loses the Latino vote." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "The unpopular proposal touched the well-understood third rail of politics -- targeting Social Security and Medicare and drawing the ire of Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-KY) to Donald Trump." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The unpopular proposal touched the well-understood third rail of politics -- targeting Social Security and Medicare and drawing the ire of Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-KY) to Donald Trump." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "As Mucarsel-Powell tries to do that by reminding voters of Scott's long, conservative backstory in Florida, she's banking on his unpopularity becoming a key metric of the race." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "As Mucarsel-Powell tries to do that by reminding voters of Scott's long, conservative backstory in Florida, she's banking on his unpopularity becoming a key metric of the race." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "While Mucarsel-Powell lacks the name ID and the electoral experience of Scott, she doesn't have Scott's baggage." | Positive | 50% Conservative |
| "While Mucarsel-Powell lacks the name ID and the electoral experience of Scott, she doesn't have Scott's baggage." | Positive | 50% Conservative |
| "While Mucarsel-Powell lacks the name ID and the electoral experience of Scott, she doesn't have Scott's baggage." | Positive | 50% Conservative |
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34% : To his detractors, Scott is a big-money, anti-abortion villain trying to sunset Social Security and topple the old guard GOP.28% : The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has invested in staff on the ground and run digital ads attacking Scott on Medicare and Social Security.
23% : Although Republicans are attacking Democrats for inflation under Biden, Mucarsel-Powell hopes running against the guy who wrote the plan on sunsetting Social Security and Medicare will give her an edge -- particularly in Florida.
21% : The unpopular proposal touched the well-understood third rail of politics -- targeting Social Security and Medicare and drawing the ire of Republicans ranging from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to Donald Trump.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.