Latest Presidential Polls: Obama Beating Romney In Electoral Forecast
With only one day to go before the end of the 2012 race for the White House, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney still find themselves in a virtual dead heat as political pundits continue to consider the race too close to call.
The campaign has been hotly contested throughout, with neither candidate pulling ahead for anything resembling a significant lead over the last few weeks, according to analysis of weeks of surveys and interviews by national polling firm Rasmussen Reports.
"Since mid-September, after the convention bounces faded, the candidates have generally been within three points of each other on a daily basis," the report said. "Heading into the first presidential debate, Obama had a slight edge. After that debate, Romney had the advantage. For a few days in late October, Romney reached the 50 percent level of support and opened a modest lead. But the candidates have been tied or within two points for each other for the past eight days."
Rasmussen's most recent daily tracking poll gives a slight advantage to Romney, who is ahead by just a hair. In that poll, Romney has support from 49 percent of voters surveyed across the country, while Obama is behind by only one percentage point with 48 percent. Of the remaining respondents, 2 percent plans to vote for a different candidate, and 1 percent is still undecided.
But according to Real Clear Politics' average of all nationwide presidential polls, Obama is the one with the slight advantage. According to that analysis, the president is ahead of Romney by 0.7 percent, as Obama is polling at 48.8 percent and the GOP nominee at 48.1 percent.
Obama also has the advantage in The Huffington Post's Electoral College map forecast. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency, and according to The Huffington Post's calculations, a total of 277 electoral votes are leaning safely Obama's way, while Romney lags behind with 191 votes likely to go Republican on Nov. 6.
