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Quinnipiac Poll finds Florida voters overwhelmingly support allowing medicinal use of marijuana including 84 percent of respondents older than 65. The survey also reveals a majority of Florida voters oppose both the unionization of college athletics and paying college students a salary for playing sports.

Even on jobs and economy, Scott's top issues, Crist bests the incumbent in the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey released Thursday. ... Related Research: Jan. 30, 2014 Quinnipiac University Poll.

Governor Rick Scott touts his economic record at the annual state Republican conference in Orlando on Saturday.

Political junkies who focus on Florida anticipate this type of year. As the governor, Cabinet, all eligible state House members and half the Senate make their cases to stay in office, their opposition will pitch how they'd do a better job. It will be a year of promises and debate, mudslinging and outrage, and likely stratospheric sums spent on campaigns. So here's a look at the Sunshine State's political calendar for the coming year.

The new Quinnipiac University Poll also shows that President Barack Obama's popularity in the Sunshine State has skidded to lows hit during his first term in office. ... Related Research: Nov. 22, 2013 Qunnipiac University poll results.

Challenger Crist up by 7 percent, but his advantage is declining under heavy Scott attack. The poll also showed 82-16 percent support for medical marijuana use. ... Related Research: Nov. 21, 2013 Quinnipiac University Poll Results.

Adrian Wyllie, libertarian candidate for Florida governor in 2014, could be a crucial factor in the outcome of the race, even if he doesn't win. But he could be shut out of televised debates, just as the libertarian candidate for governor in Virginia has been. ... Related Research: Criteria for Participation in the Decision 2012 Debates, and August 2013 Florida Statewide General Survey from St. Pete Polls.

However, the poll says opponents feel more strongly about the issue than gambling supporters.

The Public Policy Polling survey indicates registered voters' disapproval of Gov. Rick Scott remains high. Against former state Sen. Nan Rich, the poll shows Scott holds only a 1-point advantage.

But Floridians also strongly favor Florida's "stand your ground" law and their approval rating of the Legislature improved slightly. ... Related Research: Access the Quinnipiac University poll released June 19, 2013.

In addition, the Quinnipiac University Poll found Scott's job approval rating to be 36 percent, far below the 49 percent with a negative opinion of his work. The poll also found strong support for the "Stand Your Ground" law.

The chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, though, scoffed at the suggestion that slumping poll numbers might spur an intra-party GOP challenge to Scott. ... Related Research: Scott's approval ratings from Feb. 2011 through Dec. 2012, and Quinnipiac University Polling Institute's Wednesday press release.

Last week's poll of readers indicates that, for now at least, the newly Democratic Charlie Crist would be a runaway favorite if he ran against Republican Gov. Rick Scott to be the next governor of Florida.