Obama Regains Slim Lead over Romney in New Florida Poll
Thursday, June 21, 2012
By: Tom Parkinson

June 21, 2012 | WMFE - A new poll from Quinnipiac University Polling Institute shows President Barack Obama with a four-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney among Florida voters.

The random telephone survey of 1,697 registered voters shows the president favored by 46 percent of respondents compared to 42 percent for Gov. Romney. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
Romney led by six points in a similar Quinnipiac poll last month when he was preferred by 47 percent to Obama's 41 percent.

The poll also shows Congressman Connie Mack IV to be the clear frontrunner among Republican candidates in the race for U.S. Senate.
The poll indicates Mack is the strongest Republican candidate to go up against incumbent Democratic Senator Bill Nelson.
The results were released a day after former Senator George LeMieux dropped out of the race.
The survey of registered Florida voters shows Nelson with a four percentage point lead over Mack.

Quinnipiac’s Peter Brown says LeMieux never really caught on with Republican voters.
“LeMieux couldn’t get out of single digits in a Republican primary and he was running badly behind Nelson.” Brown said.

Lemiuex only had support from eight percent of the Republicans surveyed last week.
There are several other Republican Senate candidates in the race but they also are polling in single digits. Florida will hold its primary election on August 14th.
The Quinnipiac poll shows Nelson would hold a 43-39 lead over Mack if the general election were held now.