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    MITT WINS FLORIDA BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

    By dpkronmiller  |  Posted January 31, 2012  |  CA
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     dpkronmiller shared these thoughts on the results of last night's Florida GOP primary, which saw a decisive victory by Mitt Romney. He also notes that 'in a recent poll, Obama beats Mitt in Florida by 8 points and is up over Romney nationally by 5. The Florida shift in Obama's favor happened last week, while Mitt went negative.'
    - jmsaba, CNN iReport producer

    Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, has won the Florida Primary beating Newt Gingrich by 12 to 15 points depending on how the final tallies pan out. A clear victory for Romney however there are a few caution flags to pay attention to. 52% of Floridians did NOT vote for Mitt Romney, showing that he is still a divisive figure in his party. Also the population of Florida is decidedly older than the rest of the country with a majority of residence over 50 years of age – so this is more a marker on how Republicans over 50 might vote in a general election - important but it is only one factor in the national election. Also, and this may be the most important thing, Barack Obama, in a BNBC/Marist poll taken between the 25th and the 27th, beats Mitt Romney in Florida by 8 points. This is a turn around from other polls taken before that period where Romney either tied the President or beat him by up to 5 points. This may mean that as Florida general election voters got to see Mitt Romney up close they decided to swing back to Obama – which brings into doubt Romney’s competitiveness in the general election.
    Mitt needs to do better.

    More on Romney's electability problem at my blog at:
    www.themiddlenation.com

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