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To: Road Walker who wrote (282500)	3/30/2006 9:08:11 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576330

Governor Gets High Marks In Survey Of Florida Voters [Mason Dixon: FL voters still love Jeb] tbo.com (Tampa Tribune) via sayfiereview.com ^ \| March 30, 3006 \| William March ...In the poll, voters give Jeb Bush a record high rating for his performance as governor. But they disagree with one of his top educational priorities: By a slim majority, they want to maintain class size limits passed in a 2002 referendum, which Bush wants to revise. Voters agree with the governor by a plurality, however, on another of his educational goals - reinstating the statewide private school tuition voucher program, which was struck down by the state Supreme Court. ...The poll, done by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. for the Tribune and News Channel 8, tapped the opinions of 625 registered Florida voters in telephone interviews March 21-23. The error margin is 4 percentage points. Bush got "excellent" or "good" ratings on his job performance from 63 percent, and 37 percent said "only fair" or "poor." That matches his previous high in this poll in June 2000. Polls done earlier by Strategic Vision Inc., a Republican-oriented political polling company in Atlanta, and Quinnipiac University have shown similar or slightly lower approval ratings for Bush, though all indicate his response to last year's hurricanes boosted his popularity. Coker said voters also say Bush "has put a lot of emphasis on education, though they may not agree with everything he's put on the table."... (Excerpt) Read more at tbo.com ...