Crist’s primary

Another good reason for him to run as an independent:

Crist’s approval rating with likely Republican primary voters is only 29%, with 56% of them disapproving of him. He’s still decently popular with party moderates at a 46/41 approval spread, but with the conservatives who make up most of its voters he’s at a negative 20/64.

Crist now trails Marco Rubio 60-28. Rubio is viewed favorably by 49% of primary voters and negatively by 23%. He trails Crist 49-36 with moderates but has a staggering 71-17 lead with conservatives.