President Obama gains six points in Florida if he faces Newt Gingrich rather than Mitt Romney in the general election, according to a new poll that shows him with a strong lead over Gingrich in the swing state.
Obama polls in Florida at 44 percent, one point behind Mitt Romney. “But if Newt Gingrich is the Republican nominee it’s a completely different story,” according to Public Policy Polling (PPP), a Democrat-leaning polling firm. “Obama leads him 50-44 in a head to head.”
PPP attributes the swing to Romney’s appeal to independents relative to Gingrich’s. “Romney beats Obama by 7 points with independents,” PPP says. “Gingrich trails Obama by 1 with them.”
