Presidential Polls Romney and Obama; Candidates Evenly Matched in Latest Polls
With Election Day nearing, the latest poll results show President Obama and Governor Romney remain closely matched.
According to reports from RealClearPolitics.com, the latest listed average score shows Obama with a slight lead with 47.5 percent compared to Romney with 47.2 percent.
As of Friday, Mitt Romney tied Barack Obama in voter support, according to Rasmussen Report's daily presidential poll. Each candidate received support from 48 percent of voters, with 1 percent supporting a third-party candidate and 3 percent still undecided.
The results for Friday'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.
Scott Rasmussen commented on Friday about a projected winner: "It's somewhat surprising that heading into the final weekend of the election season, we are unable to confidently project who is likely to win the White House. But the race for the White House remains close because of the economy. Most Americans do not feel better off than they were four years ago, but most are not feeling worse off either."
The electoral map is also closely divided.
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).
According to The New York Times, separate findings show that Obama has 243 electoral votes compared to Romney's 206. The remaining toss-up states are reported to be as Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire and Florida.
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.
