Swing State Polls 2012: Romney/Obama Real Clear Politics, Politico & Rasmussen Listings
Swing-state polls are updated daily to inform voters and both democratic and Republican supporters how our presidential candidates are doing in the days leading up to Election Day 2012 on Nov. 6.
The 2012 swing-states are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Caroline, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, according to Politico.
In a listing of general election polls held in swing-states, Real Clear Politics revealed the following, updated on Wednesday, Oct. 24:
Ohio Rasmussen Reports poll of Romney vs. Obama - Obama 48 percent, Romney 48 percent [tie]
Ohio SurveyUSA poll of Romney vs. Obama - Obama 47 percent, Romney 44 [Obama]
New Hampshire Rasmussen Reports poll of Romney vs. Obama - Obama 48 percent, Romney 50 percent [Romney]
Nevada Rasmussen Reports poll of Romney vs. Obama - Obama 50 percent, Romney 48 percent [Obama]
Compared to poll findings from Oct. 23, conducted by ARG, Obama went 1 percent higher in his percentage of votes from New Hampshire and Nevada and Romney went down 1 percent.
In their own swing-state tracking poll, Rasmussen Reports revealed on Wednesday that Romney earned 50 percent of the vote to Obama's 46 percent. Other voters liked another candidate (2 percent) or were undecided (2 percent).
They also noted that these recent findings mark the fourth time Romney has hit the "50 percent mark in the combined swing states in the past five days." Romney has held on to a modest lead over Obama for 13 of the last 16 days, they reported.
It is important to note that Rasmussen calculates their "swing state tracking" with 11 states, or "key states won by President Obama in 2008 and thought to be competitive in 2012," whereas Politico declares there are only nine swing states. The states calculated in the Rasmussen poll hold a total of 146 Electoral College votes.
In Politico's report, updated on Wednesday at 3 p.m., Romney is in the lead for "swing-state votes:" 66 over Obama's 44 for swing-state Electoral College votes. However, Obama is in the lead for the "Leaning/Likely State Votes" - 237 to 191.
The polling data they use is provided by Real Clear Politics. Based on their findings, Politico reported that Romney will receive all 29 Electoral votes from Florida, all 15 from North Carolina and all 13 from Virginia. Obama, on the other hand, is believed to receive all 18 Electoral votes from Ohio, all 10 from Wisconsin, and all the Electoral votes New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa have to offer.
