Swing State Polls 2012: Latest Results Show Obama & Romney In Dead Heat Race On Campaign Trail
With the final presidential debate of 2012 now in the books, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney will now begin honing in on their swing state campaigns. Overall, the national polls are revealing that the President and the Republican are locked in a dead heat race as nine of the battleground states are either split between the two political candidates or appear to be a draw.
Politico is stating that the seven battleground states that'll play a crucial role in the Nov. 6 election will be Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Virginia, New Hampshire, Florida and Wisconsin.
According to Two Circles, Mitt Romney strategist Russ Schriefer spoke about the Republican campaign's future approach to the respective states.
"That states that we're playing in are the states we need to win. We'll see what happens in the next two weeks. We're going to concentrate on Ohio and Colorado and Iowa and New Hampshire."
Meanwhile, officials in the Obama camp feel as though they're leading Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada but aren't yet ready to write off Florida, Colorado and Virginia. The President is set to do a 48-hour tour of Colorado, Florida, Virginia, Nevada and Ohio during the week before heading to New Hampshire on Saturday for his second appearance in a ten day span.
Nonetheless, there are still a slew of significant factors that can alter the outcome among the swing states. According to TNR, if Romney prevails over undecided working class voters, then it could vastly affect his outcome in the state of Virginia. TNR also states that if Obama's GOTV efforts reignite positive vibes from the Latino class, then it could serve to aid his campaign in Nevada, which in turn, shouldn't have an impact in Iowa.
With the nine battleground states being as close as they are, late movement in some of the aforementioned demographic groups could serve to impact the overall voting. However, with 13 days left between now and the election, there should be a considerable amount of time for the two candidates to make improvements on their presidential campaigns.
