It’s still very early in the election season, but in one major swing state and one fairly solidly red state, Newt is looking quite a bit better than Romney, the nearest Republican competitor, and Obama is looking better than either.
In an NBC-Marist poll released Sunday, Gingrich has substantial leads over Romney in both states. In Florida, Gingrich leads Romney by 15 points (44% – Gingrich, 29% – Romney , 8% – Paul, and 4% – Perry) In a head to head matchup, it’s Gingrich 54% and Romney 36%.
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South Carolina is even more dramatic, with a full 19% lead in the full field of candidates (42% – Gingrich, 23% – Romney, 9% – Paul and Perry and Bachmann tied at 7%). In a South Carolina head to head, Gingrich’s lead grows to 24 points (57 – 33%).
Much of Gingrich’s support comes from the ultra-conservative wing of the conservative Republican party. Tea Party supporters, who according to the poll, are about half the prospective primary voters, favor Gingrich by 30 points.
In a hypothetical general election matchup, when a group of registered voters were polled, President Obama leads Romney by seven points and Gingrich by 12 points, comfortably outside of the margin of error of + – 2.1%. Florida, as seen in 2000, can be the key state in a Presidential election.
In South Carolina, he leads Romney by just one point and Gingrich by 4 points. While these results are very close, they are encouraging because South Carolina is traditionally a Republican stronghold.
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as an independent Florida voter, definitely for Obama 2012, before any of the republican rat pack…