TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ A new Quinnipiac University poll shows President Obama opening a lead over Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum in three key swing states.
Obama leads both Republicans outside the margin of error in Florida and Ohio and has a slight lead over Romney, 45 percent to 42 percent, in Pennsylvania. Obama held a 48-41 advantage over Santorum in Santorum's Pennsylvania home state.
The president topped Romney 49 percent to 42 percent and had a 13-point bulge over Santorum in Florida and led Romney 47 percent to 41 percent and Santorum 47-40 in Ohio.
Quinnipiac's survey of 1,228 voters in Florida taken between March 20 and March 26 had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points in the three states.
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