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Romney Continues to Lead in Florida

January 27, 2012 at 8:35 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Sunshine State News Poll in Florida finds Mitt Romney leading among likely GOP primary voters with 40%, followed by Newt Gingrich at 31%, Rick Santorum at 12% and Ron Paul at 9%.

A new Quinnipiac poll shows Romney in front with 38%, followed by Gingrich at 29%, Paul at 14% and Santorum at 12%.

Meanwhile, Public Policy Polling will do nightly tracking polls from Saturday thru Monday but notes it “seems like that might not really be necessary.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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