Poll finds Obama with small lead over Romney in Florida

President Obama holds a slight lead over Mitt Romney in Florida, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

The Suffolk University/WSVN-TV Miami poll released Tuesday found Obama leading Romney 46 percent to 43 percent among likely voters. The poll's findings come as Obama takes a slight lead over Romney in a number of key battleground states.

While voters slightly favor Obama over Romney, voters are also split evenly on Obama's job performance. According to the poll, 48 percent approve of Obama's performance as president and 48 percent disapprove.

More voters hold a favorable view of the president than an unfavorable view, the poll also found. Fifty-one percent said they have a favorable view of Obama while 46 percent said they have an unfavorable view. For Romney 45 percent said they have a favorable view while 47 percent said they have an unfavorable view.

The Suffolk University/WSVN-TV Miami poll also surveyed who voters think will win the 2012 presidential election. By a wide margin, those surveyed said Obama. Sixty-two percent said Obama would likely win reelection in November while 29 percent said Romney would be elected president. Nine percent said they did not know and 1 percent refused to answer the question.

The poll surveyed 600 registered voters from Sept. 27 to Sept. 30. The margin of error for the poll was plus or minus 4 percentage points.              

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