Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann Beat Obama in Florida in New Poll

A poll unveiled on Tuesday revealed that President Barack Obama is in serious trouble in Florida as he seeks re-election in 2012.

The poll of likely Florida voters from Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies found Obama upside down in the Sunshine State.Of those surveyed, 55 percenthad unfavorable views of the president while only 40 percent saw Obama in a favorable light. Even more voters -- 57 percent -- disapproved of Obamas performance in the White House, while only 37 percent approved of it. The same percentage of voters -- 37 percent -- backed Obamas bid for a second term while 57 percent opposed it.

Obama did better when matched up against three of the leading Republican presidential candidates, but he still trailed all of them.

Despite being upside down in Florida with 38 percent seeing him favorably and 40 percent unfavorably, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts had a solid lead over Obama. Romney took 49 percent of those surveyed while Obama trailed with 39 percent.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was also upside down in Florida but still beating Obama. Only a third of those surveyed -- 33 percent -- held a favorable view of Bachmann, while 43 percent viewed her unfavorably. Despite that, she took 43 percent with Obama right behind her at 42 percent.

While more than a third of those surveyed did not know enough about Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who launched his presidential bid earlier in the month, 33 percent saw him favorably while 30 percent viewed him as unfavorable. Perry also beat Obama, 46 percent to 39 percent.

The poll of 723 likely voters was taken from Aug. 16-18 and had a margin of error of +/- 3.64 percent.