Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott has not endorsed any of the remaining Republican presidential candidates, although he has predicted a win for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
Mr. Scott appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday and still would not announce who he would be endorsing prior to the election on Tuesday.
“It sure looks like Governor Romney’s going to win,” said Mr. Scott, according to ABC News. Although he still refused to endorse any of the candidates, Mr. Scott believes that the candidate who wins the majority of Hispanic voters will be the key to victory in Florida.
Mr. Romney leads rival Republican candidate Newt Gingrich in the most recent polls of likely Florida Republican primary voters, including a Public Polling Policy poll released Monday night that showed him leading the former House speaker by 8 percentage points.
Although he has not endorsed either Mr. Gingrich or Mr. Romney, the Florida Republican has complimented Mr. Romney’s jobs plan. He believes the candidates’ views on the economy is important to voters in Florida, which currently has an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent, which is higher than the national average of 8.5 percent.
In an appearance Tuesday morning on Sirius XM Satellite Radio show “Morning Briefing,” the Florida governor said that he believes the two nationally televised debates last week are what influenced voters in Florida more than any other factor.
“I think the debates have the biggest impact. When people come to the polls, they vote for something, and I think in Florida they’re going to vote for the person they believe is going to get the economy going,” said Mr. Scott.
Mr. Romney performed well in the Thursday debate moderated by CNN, and saw his support surge in polls released this weekend following that debate.
According to The Miami Herald, the Florida governor cast his ballot Tuesday morning at a community center in Tallahassee, Florida, but refused to tell reporters who he voted for.
