Conventional wisdom, and most national polling, holds that Barack Obama has an advantage over Mitt Romney on foreign policy. But a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA in Florida shows that Romney has an advantage over Obama on the situation developing in the Middle East.
The poll, conducted on Friday, asked 700 Florida adults: "Has President Obama's response to the situation in the middle east been ... too forceful? Not forceful enough? Or just right?" Fifty-one percent of Floridians said it was not forceful enough, 41 percent said it was just right, and 5 percent said it was too forceful.
The poll also asked respondents: "If Mitt Romney were the President, would his response to the situation in the Middle East be ... stronger, weaker, or the same as President Obama's response?" Fifty-two percent of Floridians said Romney's response would be stronger, 32 percent said weaker, and 11 percent said it would be the same as Obama's response.