Gallup numbers from twelve important swings states in the 2012 election show a virtual tie between President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, where other Republican candidates fall to the President in a matchup. Romney bests Obama by a single point, 48 – 47 in combined data from Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Against former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Obama is up by 14 points.
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