Florida Election Polls 2012: Obama Trailing in Florida, Launches New Ad

Of all the swing states, it might ultimately come down to Florida to decide the next leader of the free world.

Florida has 29 electoral votes and while President Obama won the state four years ago, he faces a tough challenge from GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

According to the latest Real Clear Politics average, Romney leads Obama by nearly two points, 48.4 to 46.6.

According to a CNN/ORC International poll, 49 percent of likely voters in Florida say they support Romney, with 48 percent backing Obama.

According to the latest Rasmussen Reports polling finds that 51 percent of likely voters in Florida favor Romney compared to 46 percent who favor Obama.

Today, the Obama campaign launched an ad that will run in Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, Florida, and Wisconsin.

"Five hundred thirty seven - the number of votes that changed the course of American history," the narrator says. "The difference between what was and what could have been. So this year, if you're thinking that your vote doesn't count, that it won't matter, well back then there were probably at least 537 people who felt the same way. Make your voice heard. Vote."

In Florida, The Tampa Tribune and the Orlando Sentinel.

"We endorse Mitt Romney for president," the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board declared. "This is Romney's time to lead, again. If he doesn't produce results - even with a hostile Senate - we'll be ready in 2016 to get behind someone else who will."

"The Tampa Tribune, with confidence and enthusiasm, endorses Mitt Romney for president," the paper's board said. "Mitt Romney is the man who can lead the nation out of its lingering economic doldrums and restore faith in the United States. President Obama may have good intentions, but he is simply taking the nation in the wrong direction."