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NBC Marist poll: Obama narrowly leads Republicans in Florida; Cain, Romney tied

Posted Oct 19, 2011 by William March

Updated Oct 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM

An NBC/Marist poll finds President Barack Obama narrowly leading his top potential Republican contenders in Florida, and finds Herman Cain and Mitt Romney neck-and-neck, well ahead of the pack, among Republicans for the GOP nomination.

In the Republican primary question for likely GOP voters, respondents gave Cain 32 percent and Romney 31 percent; the next-highest candidate was Rick Perry with 8 percent, then Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul with 6 percent each.

Matched against the leading Republicans among all voters, Obama led Romney by 45-43 percent, Cain by 47-41 percent and Perry 47-39 percent.

Check the full results here.