<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/press-releases/2022/desantis-crist-election.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>10/21/2022</pubDate><title>FAU Poll Shows DeSantis Leading Crist Comfortably in Race for Re-election</title><description>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on track for re-election, leading Democratic challenger Charlie Crist by 11 percentage points and garnering strong approval ratings, particularly for his response to Hurricane Ian, according to a new statewide poll from Florida Atlantic University.</description><author>Paul Owers</author><email>powers@fau.edu</email><image><img src="https://faucob.omniweb.cloud/images/business/newsroom/images/2022-10-20-BEPI-poll.jpg" alt="FAU Poll Shows DeSantis Leading Crist Comfortably in Race for Re-election"/></image><category>Announcements,Initiatives,Faculty/Staff,Research</category><tags><tag>BEPI</tag><tag>Economics</tag><tag>Press-Releases</tag></tags></item>