Presidential Polls Romney and Obama; Candidates Splitting Latest Polls
With Election Day nearing, the latest poll results show President Obama and Governor Romney are closely matched.
According to reports from RealClearPolitics.com, the latest listed average score shows Romney and Obama tied at 47.1 percent support.
The DeSart and Holbrook Election Forecast for Thursday has Obama with a slight lead of 51.44 percent over Romney with 48.56 percent support.
As of Thursday, Mitt Romney remains in a two point lead over Barack Obama, according to Rasmussen's daily Presidential poll. Romney currently leads with 49 percent of voter support over President Obama with 47 percent. The poll also showed one percent of voters supporting a third-party candidate and three percent still undecided.
The results for Thursday's poll were based on phone interviews over three consecutive nights. The number of people interviewed increased from 500 to 1,000 for the week leading to Election Day. However, Hurricane Sandy has impacted Rasmussen as they noted on their website: "Rasmussen Reports is based in Asbury Park, New Jersey and we were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. However, our survey interview calls are placed from a different location, so data gathering was able to continue. Today, however, we will release only a limited amount of data. We hope to resume a more complete schedule tomorrow."
The latest poll by ABC News/Washington Post surveyed voters on their opinion on who they have more confidence in the economy and found that Romney leads 54 percent over 47 for Obama in support.
RealClearPolitics shows 11 toss up states with a total of 146 electoral votes remaining. The latest leanings of the toss up states show Romney leading in Florida (29 votes), North Carolina (15), and Virginia (13). The toss up states currently leaning toward Obama are Ohio (18), Iowa (6), Michigan (16), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), Ohio (18), Pennsylvania (20), Wisconsin (10) and Colorado (9).
It's going to be a close race to Election Day on Nov. 6 with both candidates in the final days of their respective campaigns.
