# Florida's Unpopular Governor could hurt GOP in 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167 "2011-06-11T23:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JimH52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@JimH52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimH52)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/1 "2011-06-11T23:23:49Z")
> **[Fla.'s Unpopular Governor Could Hinder GOP In 2012](https://www.npr.org/2011/06/11/137091393/fla-s-unpopular-governor-could-hinder-gop-in-2012?sc=fb&cc=fp)** > > After six months in office, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a budget that cuts billions. The Republican's approval rating has dropped, which doesn't help Republicans in an important swing state as they prepare for 2012. Florida is always a key state in a Presidential race. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/2 "2011-06-11T23:59:05Z")
You can add Michigan and Wisconsin’s governors to that list. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/3 "2011-06-12T03:51:00Z")
What, no hate for Ohio’s governor? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/4 "2011-06-20T03:47:45Z")
If Obama can hold Florida and any one of Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Michigan he’s got a great shot at winning. If he holds Florida and Michigan, losing Ohio and Pennsylvania, then he can lose VA, NC, IN, and any one of NM, NV, or IA, and he still wins by a whisker. If Obama can pick up AZ, which may have gone red in 2008 partly because it’s John McCain’s home and has had some pretty stiff anti-Hispanic laws lately, his victory starts looking even more likely. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/5 "2011-06-20T11:40:03Z")
It’s all in the nominee. If the Pubbies nominate Bachmann, she’s going to be giving Mondale and Dukakis a run for the bottom of electoral totals. Personally, I think the Ryan Kill Medicare Act is a bigger millstone than any governor could be. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-unpopular-governor-could-hurt-gop-in-2012/585167/6 "2011-06-20T12:08:32Z")
National politics are pretty divorced from state ones in FL. Which is true in a lot of places, but more so in FL then any place I’ve lived. The State is famous for being evenly divided in Presidential elections and its Senate delegation is divided with one Dem and one Repub, but the state politics have been totally dominated by the GOP for more then a decade. So I’d be skeptical Rick Scott will hurt the GOP Presidential candidate. Honestly, given his history, I’m just impressed he made it through the first six months without (getting caught) embezzling anything.