what a bonus this would be:
Though the new poll is an outlier, Greg Fink—a conservative-leaning strategic consultant for The Listener Group—said he stands by the result, saying it matches a decline in DeSantis' support that began with his targeting of school boards that did not support his
2021 executive order banning masks in schools.
In June, Fink's firm polled the race again and found the two virtually tied, and since then, DeSantis' support in their polling has begun to falter.
"DeSantis was like nine points ahead for like, three polls," Fink told
Newsweek. "All of a sudden, he just got behind,
While Fink's poll results were different from others, he pointed to the firm's track record—accurate calls on President
Donald Trump's margin of victory in the state during the 2020 presidential election and Crist's landslide win over Nikki Fried in the Democratic primary for which others projected a Fried victory—as a sign that the poll should not be so easily dismissed.
"They thought we were crazy," Fink said. "Everyone thought we were stupid as hell. And we ended up being right."