President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Rick Perry 25% Vs. Mitt Romney 25%

The Republican race for president is a two-man tie in Florida, but voters think that Mitt Romney has a slightly better chance of becoming president. Romney and Rick Perry are virtually dead even, garnering 25 percent each of the Republican vote, with Newt Gingrich a distant third at 9 percent, according to the survey by War Room Logistics, a Gainesville firm that polls and consults for Republicans

But in a general election match-up, only Romney matches Obama, pulling in 45 percent of the vote to the presidents 44 percent – a lead that’s well within the overall error margin of the poll that sampled 1,400 self-described likely Florida voters.

“It appears that Romney has cross over-appeal in this early stage, especially with the fickle Independent vote,” pollster Alex Patton noted in an email. Only Romney bests Obama among independents, 45-39. Obama would beat Perry right now, 48-40 percent.

Mitt Romney will use the electability issue and Social Security to pound away at Rick Perry in tomorrow night’s Florida debate, sponsored by Fox News, and Google.

Stay tuned for Quinnipiac’s Florida poll which will be released tomorrow or later today.

Game on……