Poll: High undecideds in state’s governor primaries

Republican governor candidate Adam Putnam and Democrat Gwen Graham hold narrow leads among Florida primary voters in their respective parties, with 43 percent of Republicans and 49 percent of Democrats undecided, according to a new MasonDixon poll.

Putnam gets 27 percent, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis 23 percent and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, who’s expected to announce his bid in March, gets 7 percent in the GOP poll.

Among Democrats, Graham edges former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine by a 20-to17 percent margin, with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum getting 10 percent and Winter Park businessman Chris King at 4 percent.

Some highlights:

■ Younger voters in both parties are the most up for grabs. Among Democrats, 57 percent of voters aged 18 to 49 are undecided. The figure is 55 percent for Republicans.

■ Republicans who are 65 and older, who make up 39 percent of GOP voters in the Mason-Dixon sample, are Putnam’s strongest demo- graphic group, favoring him by a 32-to-25 percent margin over DeSantis.

■ There’s a significant gen- der gap in Democratic polling. Graham, trying to become Florida’s first female gover- nor, gets 25 percent of Democratic women voters, with Levine at 13 percent and Gillum at 12 percent. Democratic men favor Levine over Graham by a 23-to-13 percent margin.

■ Gillum, trying to become Florida’s first black governor, holds a narrow lead among black voters: 22 percent, to 17 percent for Graham and 13 percent for Levine.

■ Hispanic Democratic voters break 21 percent for Graham, 12 percent for Levine and 11 percent for Gillum.