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New polls show big swing toward Romney

by: John McCormack
Thursday, January 26, 2012
New polls show big swing toward Romney
Two new polls show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leading former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Florida. Photo Credit:AP
A Rasmussen poll conducted on Sunday, the day after the South Carolina primary, showed Newt Gingrich leading Mitt Romney by 9 points — 41 percent to 32 percent — in Florida. Rasmussen's poll conducted on Wednesday now shows Romney leading Gingrich by 8 points:

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters, taken Wednesday night, shows Romney with 39% support to Gingrich’s 31%. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum earns 12%, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul runs last with nine percent (9%). Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided. ...

The polling firm Insider Advantage also found a big swing toward Romney. On Sunday he trailed Gingrich 26 percent to 34 percent, but [Wednesday] he led Gingrich 40 percent to 32 percent.

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