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Obama widening lead over Romney in key states

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A new poll shows President Barack Obama opening a double-digit lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2 of the nation's three largest swing states.

The president received more than 50% support in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida in a random telephone survey of likely voters taken Sept. 18-24. The poll by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times had a margin of error of 2.8%age points in Florida and 2.9%age points in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Obama led Romney 54% to 42% in Pennsylvania, 53-43 in Ohio and 53- 44 in Florida, the biggest prize of the three key battleground states with 29 electoral votes.

In all three states, more than half the respondents said they believed Romney's policies favored the wealthy.

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