Amid the 2012 Presidential Debate, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been competing intensely with one another to gain control of the Electoral Polls. Although Obama had a foothold early on in the race, it appears as if the American public now has the President and the Republican Governor in a neck and neck race. Shaping up as a dead heat, the two candidates have continued to target the close states in order to better set themselves up to receive the 270 Electoral College votes required win the presidency.