Newt Gingrich cutting into President Obama’s support in key swing states, new Quinnipiac University poll reveals
Gingrich routing Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania
BY Alison Gendar
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
December 8 2011, 6:00 AM
Newt Gingrich has a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in key swing states and his surging candidacy has started to cut into President Obama’s support in those states, a new poll found.
In a head-to-head Republican matchup, GOP voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania chose Gingrich over Romney by margins ranging from 18 to 27 percentage points, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found.
No one has won the White House since 1960 without carrying at least two of the three swing states.
“Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is no longer just the flavor of the month since his boomlet has now stretched from November into December and voting begins in Iowa in less than four weeks,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
“Gingrich’s surge in the GOP race is accompanied by a better showing among independent voters in a general election race against President Obama, although he still has a ways to go. The president still leads Gingrich in Pennsylvania, but Ohio and Florida are too close to call,” Brown added.
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