President Obama's match-up vs. Romney and Gingrich

By Richard K. Barry

At The Hedgehog Report, a site dedicated to political polls, David Wissing took a shot at what a general election match-up would look like between Romney and Obama, and then between Gingrich and Obama.

Based on the most recent state-by-state polling data, Electoral College tallies look like this (it takes 270 to win):

Romney – 256
Obama – 256
Tie – 26

Obama – 451
Gingrich – 76
Tie – 11

As the website Race for 2012 warns:

Of course, the usual caveats apply: most of these polls are from PPP, since they are the only outfit polling a lot of these states, and so the results should be taken with a grain of salt. Also, some of the polls are older (Obama v Gingrich in Colorado hasn't been polled since February, for instance).

Still, it does give us a sense of how difficult it will be for the GOP if Gingrich somehow prevails.

(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)