Gubernatorial contest wide open for both parties, poll shows.

The Democratic and Republican primary contests for governor are up for grabs, a Florida Atlantic University poll shows, with no breakout leader after months of campaigning by candidates in both parties.

The poll, which the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative is releasing today, also shows that a huge share of voters still don’t know enough about the candidates to form opinions less than four months before the Aug. 28 primaries to choose the nominees.

On the Republican side, Ron DeSantis has 16 percent and Adam Putnam is at 15 percent — with 43 percent undecided.

In the Democratic contest, Philip Levine has 16 percent and Gwen Graham has 15 percent — with 42 percent undecided.

“The race for governor remains wide open,” Monica Escaleras, director of the Business and Economics Polling Initiative, said in a written analysis of the results. “Even the leading candidates are still introducing themselves to much of Florida.”

Kevin Wagner, a political scientist at FAU and research fellow at the polling initiative said the large number of undecideds “suggest to me that the races are still very volatile.”

Democratic contest

Levine, the former mayor of Miami Beach who has been spending heavily on television advertising, and Graham, a former congresswoman and daughter of former governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, are effectively tied.

Besides the 42 percent who said they were unsure, businessman Chris King of Winter Park had 10 percent and Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee had 6 percent.

An additional 11 percent picked either “someone else” or one of two virtually unknown candidates who have said they are running.

Republican contest

DeSantis, a congressman who has the support of President Donald Trump, and Putnam, a former congressman and current state agriculture commissioner, are also effectively tied.

In addition to the 43 percent who said they were undecided, 26 percent said they wanted either “someone else” or one of the five virtually unknown Republicans who have declared their candidacies.

Wagner said the survey didn’t ask about Richard Corcoran, the speaker of the Florida House who has considered joining the race.

Fine print

The survey of 1,000 Florida registered voters was conducted Friday through Monday online and through automated calls to people with landline telephones. The FAU Business and Economics Polling Initiative said the breakdowns of Democratic and Republican primary voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.