Presidential Polls Colorado: Latest Data Shows Obama, Romney Virtually Tied
America will elect its next president in just six days, and as the 2012 campaign comes to a close, the focus is squarely on a handful of important swing states that may ultimately decide the outcome of the election.
According to The Huffington Post's Electoral College map projection, which is based on an analysis of various nationwide and state by state polling data, the five states still in the toss up pile as of Wednesday are Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio and Virginia.
Those states represent a total of 73 electoral votes - a hefty sum considering each candidate needs a total of 270 electoral votes to successfully win the election. That sum would be incredibly valuable to either candidate, based on The Huffington Post's current projection, which has President Barack Obama at 259 electoral votes and Mitt Romney at 206 votes.
In Colorado, a total of nine electoral votes are up for grabs, and all nine of those votes will go to whichever candidate can carry the state on Nov. 6.
According to The Huffington Post's data analysis, Obama is ahead in Colorado by just a hair. The president is polling at 48 percent in that state, while his Republican challenger Romney is behind by only one percentage point at 47 percent.
Data from national polling firm Rasmussen tells a slightly different story.
In that poll, Romney is ahead with support from 50 percent of voters surveyed in Colorado, while Obama has support from 46 percent. Of the remaining respondents included in the poll, 2 percent plans to vote for a different candidate, and 1 percent of voters are still undecided about how they will cast their ballot on Nov. 6.
Rasmussen's polling has also revealed how Colorado voters feel about each candidate on the most important issues facing the nation.
"Romney now leads among all Colorado voters when they are asked whom they trust more in two key policy areas," the report said. "He's ahead 51 percent to 44 percent when it comes to the economy and 51 percent to 45 percent in the area of national security. Two weeks ago, Colorado voters rated both men nearly equally, giving Romney a two-point advantage in trust on the economy and Obama a two-point trust margin in national security."
