Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues to do well against President Obama in Florida, always one of the key swing states in the presidential election. New Quinnipiac numbers out on Wednesday morning show Romney up on Obama by three points, 46 – 43. The problem seems to be Obama losing a bit of his base — the President gets only 84 percent of Democrats versus the 92 percent of Republicans Romney attracts. While Obama wins independent voters, Romney’s domination of the state’s conservative bloc is enough to get him over the top.
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