Swing States Polls 2012 Map: Romney Leads in Latest Polls Oct. 25
Mitt Romney is leading the "swing-state votes" on Thursday in the presidential campaign's final two weeks, according to a poll released by Politico.
As of Thursday morning Romney is leading with 66 electoral votes on the Swing-States compared to Obama with 44, according to Politico based on data by RealClearPolitics. Romney is winning in Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida while Obama is leading in Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Hampshire.
The nine swing states have a total of 95 Electoral College votes. Of them, Florida is the biggest prize with 29 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the 2012 election.
According to Politico Obama is up in swing state Ohio, however data released today by Rasmussen claims that Ohio is tied at 48%. Ohio is considered a key state for the 2012 election.
Romney is expected to spend a full day in Ohio Thursday.
Rasmussen's Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, also states that Romney is leading by 2% in the swing state of New Hampshire and Obama has the edge in Nevada.
Romney and Obama are fighting hard over Nevada. Romney was in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday attempting to win the state for him but despite the struggling economy, it appears that Democrats are strong in the state.
Rasmussen's poll states that Romney has the lead in swing-state Colorado and both candidates are tied in swing-state Iowa.
Romney and Obama were in Iowa yesterday. Obama kicked off a two-day trip to eight states beginning in that state.
Separately, the Rasmussen daily Presidential Tracking poll for Thursday shows Romney attracting 50% of voters while Obama earns the vote from 47%. Two percent prefers other candidate and two percent are undecided.
