Florida LP Governor candidate Adrian Wyllie is touting his strong performance in a recent statewide poll, with 8.7% of the vote.
Wyllie’s numbers were better with Republicans (9.4%) than with Democrats (6.9%). Not surprisingly he did best with independent voters (11.1%), and with younger voters (~10.6%).
This was a telephone poll of over 3000 registered voters. Read the full report (including other races, issues and more): St. Pete Polls August 2013 Statewide Survey.
Poll respondents overwhelmingly supported medical marijuana (74% vs. 21%) and a solid majority supported treating marijuana like alcohol (59% vs. 35%). Voters were split on gay marriage (46% for and 47% against). The Stand Your Ground law was generally supported with only 12% in favor of removing it.
IPR is not aware of any other third party candidates. We do not see any candidate for Governor indicated on the Green Party of Florida website. The poll included only incumbent Rick Scott (R), challenger Charlie Crist (D), Wyllie and Undecided. There are a number of other candidates or potential candidates out there, but IPR is not sure how many are serious. See more candidates at Politics1.com’s Florida page.
@15 now I just read about the molestation allegations. Smith is certainly not functional.
To be fair, I really wasn’t complaining about Chris. I just answered your question @ 5.
He’s a good, smart kid.
Thank you for talking about this poll and the Wyllie campaign for FL Governor 2014- keep up the good work!
John Wayne is a good guy, he just doesn’t tolerate phonies and he doesn’t hide his feelings. Considering all the negative crap people post about him on places like youtube, I would probably act the same way. JWS is a good candidate and a good man.
@Bill I read his comments and responded. Seems to me this is an opportunity for you to persuade him rather than complain about him.
From what I see he writes good articles, and “mostly” keeps his viewpoint in the comments.
He seems to have anger issues.
He’s definitely more functional than John Wayne Smith. Do an IPR search on that guy.
Is Wyllie a functional candidate?
Who else is running in the LP gubernatorial primary?
Warren @ 5: Chris’s comments that might be con sidered ragging on third parties can best be found in the Gubernatorial Candidate Robert Jarvis thread. Please see comments 1,7,9, & 20. Perhaps the talented but impetuous young man hould learn some discretion.
Florida is a closed primary state and only registered Libertarians will be allowed to vote in the primary.
From what it looks like to me (of course I’m an outsider), Wyllie seems to have the vast majority of the Libertarian Party of Florida membership behind him. I may be wrong, but that’s what it certainly looks like.
Is the Libertarian primary open just for members of the party or for all voters? Has a date been set on it yet?
Adrian Wyllie is going to win the Libertarian primary. He already has over 600 volunteers working hard across the state to help his campaign. Adrian has been out speaking since January and has attended over 60 meeting and events.
Adrian got 8.7% because of hard work and the effort of his volunteers. His campaign is focused on getting the word out as much as possible. His FB has over 50,000 views in 3 day periods.
I welcome any other Libertarian campaign to step up a work harder than the Wyllie campaign. Then, and only then, will that candidate have a chance at being on the ballot in Nov.
The poll is irrelevant since John Wayne Smith is going to be the Libertarian nominee.
@1 As usual, it depends on whether Wyllie raises money and how he uses it. If he raises little and spends it on consultants, then he’ll flop. If he raise a bit more and spends it wisely on advertising, he could break 5%.
@3 I haven’t noticed Chris “rag on third parties.” What are you talking about?
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Yeah. What’s the problem with that? I find third parties interesting. I’m also going to vote third part y in the future, at least for president.
@1 : You continue to rag on third parties and bitch and moan while writing as a contributor for IPR. Interesting.
I don’t know, If it’s Crist vs. Scout, I think he might. A lot of democrats dislike Crist, seeing him (correctly, in my view) as an opportunist. The Libertarian party does not tend to be their first choice for a protest vote, but if it’s between Crist, Scott, and Wyllie, i think he could net maybe 5%, especially if it seems like a blowout.
In the general election, he will won’t break 3% of the vote. I will bet anything on it.