Electoral College Map Update; Obama Remains with Lead Over Romney in Majority of Swing States
With Election Day tomorrow, it's still too close to call for both President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney who have divided the electoral map.
According to reports from RealClearPolitics on Monday, Obama has a 10-point lead with 201 electoral votes compared to Romney with 191 votes.
In order to become president of the United States, a candidate needs 270 Electoral College votes.
The polling analysis from 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).
Additionally, the latest Electoral College projected reports from Rasmussen show President Obama leading with 237 Electoral votes and Romney with 206. With 95 Electoral votes remaining outside what are considered firmly decided states, the latest toss-up states listed are Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire.
In Ohio, the presidential candidates are tied with 49 percent of votes each, according to Rasmussen Reports on Friday. The telephone survey of 750 likely Ohio voters was conducted on Nov. 1 and also showed that 2 percent voted for a third-party candidate and 1 percent were undecided. Early last week, Romney has a slight lead over Obama in Ohio but recently they have been only within two percentage points of one another.
Currently 40 percent of likely voters in Ohio have already voted and Obama leads 60 percent to 37 percent among these voters.
GOP nominee Mitt Romney holds a strong six point lead in the southern battleground of Florida, according to a new poll released Saturday. The latest Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll shows Romney with 51 percent support from likely voters to President Obama's 45 percent.
Romney also is leading in North Carolina by thre percent and following Obama's slight lead in Virginia at .03 percent.
If Romney wins Virginia and Florida, he also will need to win either Ohio or Wisconsin to beat Obama.
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.
Recent polls show the candidates are closely matched in voter support. RealClearPolitics listed the average score that places Obama with a slight lead at 48.8 percent support compared to Romney at 48. 1.
