Rasmussen: Romney Leads in Florida, Virginia

Mitt Romney has broken the 50 percent threshold of support in Florida and leads Barack Obama by four points in the Sunshine State, according to a new poll from Rasmussen. Of the 750 likely Florida voters polled, 51 percent support Romney and 47 percent support Obama. That's Romney's largest lead in Rasmussen's Florida polling.

The poll also found seniors, a major voting group in Florida, support Romney over Obama, and that 53 percent of Florida voters have a "favorable" view of the Massachusetts Republican.

That's the latest in a couple good recent polls for Romney, and according to Real Clear Politics, he has, on average, a two-point advantage over Obama for Florida's 29 electoral votes.

And in a new Rasmussen poll of 750 likely voters in Virginia, Romney maintains a small lead over Obama, 49 percent to 47 percent. That's one point better for Romney than the same poll of Virginia last week, where he had just a one-point edge over Obama, 49 percent to 48 percent. The RCP average for Virginia (which has not yet incorporated the new Rasmussen poll) shows a virtual tie in the Old Dominion.