Back in June and July of this year, Charlie Crist appeared to be the favorite to win a Florida Senate seat over Marco Rubio. However, as of early August, things changed in favor of Marco Rubio. Rubio now appears to be on the verge of winning the midterm elections to become a Senator in the state of Florida, while Crist may be questioning his decision to run as an independent.

Last week, we heard news from several sources, that Crist and Bill Clinton were trying to persuade Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race. If this happened, Crist most likely would have received at least a 15% increase in voter support. Meek currently holds the support of 19.4% of voters, according to the latest polls. However, most of those supporters are Democrats, and Democrats would favor Charlie Crist over the Republican Marco Rubio.

The news of Crist possibly trying to convince Democrat Kendrick Meeks to drop out of the Florida Senate race seemed to have a very large negative impact on Crist’s campaign. As you can see by the chart below, Crist has been on a downward spiral since early August, but took an even larger hit this month.

2010 Florida Senate Election Polls

It is possible that some supporters of Meek will realize he doesn’t have much chance of winning and decide to vote for Crist, in order to keep Rubio becoming a senator. However it will take quite a bit. We should see later today how it turns out.