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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich edged up to 12 percentage points in Florida,
according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Sunday, as Romney's
front-runner status stabilized and Gingrich continued to slip.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, was supported by 42 percent of likely Florida
voters surveyed in the online three-day tracking poll, just down from
43 percent in the same poll on Saturday. Romney was at 41 percent on
Friday.
But with just two days before the state's primary on Tuesday,
Gingrich's support was at 30 percent, down from 32 percent in Saturday's
results and 33 percent on Friday.
The gap between the two was 11 percent when poll respondents were
asked about a hypothetical head-to-head race between the rivals in the
race for the Republican presidential nomination to oppose President
Barack Obama in the general election in November.
If the race were between Romney and Gingrich only, Romney would be at
55 percent to Gingrich's 44 percent, according to the Sunday's results.
On Saturday the gap between the two was eight percentage points and on
Friday it was just two, when respondents were asked the same question.
"Newt Gingrich's
position in the primary race is really starting to lose support," said
Chris Jackson, research director for Ipsos Public Affairs.
according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Sunday, as Romney's
front-runner status stabilized and Gingrich continued to slip.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, was supported by 42 percent of likely Florida
voters surveyed in the online three-day tracking poll, just down from
43 percent in the same poll on Saturday. Romney was at 41 percent on
Friday.
But with just two days before the state's primary on Tuesday,
Gingrich's support was at 30 percent, down from 32 percent in Saturday's
results and 33 percent on Friday.
The gap between the two was 11 percent when poll respondents were
asked about a hypothetical head-to-head race between the rivals in the
race for the Republican presidential nomination to oppose President
Barack Obama in the general election in November.
If the race were between Romney and Gingrich only, Romney would be at
55 percent to Gingrich's 44 percent, according to the Sunday's results.
On Saturday the gap between the two was eight percentage points and on
Friday it was just two, when respondents were asked the same question.
"Newt Gingrich's
position in the primary race is really starting to lose support," said
Chris Jackson, research director for Ipsos Public Affairs.