[k1ko]

He's got a 54% approval rating as opposed to 38% disapproval. He's also running at 58% approval among independents. Finally, he is also polling double digits against any potential Democrat challenger. Pretty clear his policies have been popular with most Floridians.

[azemetre]

He won by less than 40k votes (something like less than half a percent) [1], I’m sorry but that’s a dangerous game to play if you want to win general elections. Polls this early don’t matter, polls the weeks before election does. This is nothing but political grand standing.

Also independent voters are a misnomer. Independents will typically vote for their preferred party the majority of the time, they're still partisans they just don't vote in primaries. [2] [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Florida_gubernatorial_ele...

[2] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/few-americans-who-ident...

[3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/0...