Obama Holds Lead in Key Swing States

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Tuesday, but the race remained essentially tied with two weeks to go until the November 6 election.

Obama led Romney among likely voters by a statistically insignificant margin of 1 percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. The four-day online tracking poll includes some responses taken after the two candidates' final televised debate, but the full impact will not register for several days.

Obama maintains a larger advantage in the state-by-state battle that will determine the outcome of the election. Ipsos projects that Obama holds an edge in the most hotly contested states, including Florida, Virginia and Ohio, and is likely to win by a relatively comfortable margin of 332 electoral votes to 206 electoral votes.

The poll has reflected a tight race since shortly after the two candidates met for their first debate on October 3. But a substantial portion of voters remain up for grabs. Roughly 20 percent of those surveyed say they could switch their votes or have not yet made up their minds.

Among the larger pool of registered voters, Obama leads Romney 46 percent to 42 percent.

The accuracy of Reuters/Ipsos online polls are measured using a credibility interval. The survey of 1,030 likely voters has a credibility interval of 3.5 percentage points.

(This story corrects electoral vote estimate)

http://news.yahoo.co...-003822262.html

Edited October 23, 2012 by Commie Appeaser

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Tuesday, but the race remained essentially tied with two weeks to go until the November 6 election.

Obama led Romney among likely voters by a statistically insignificant margin of 1 percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. The four-day online tracking poll includes some responses taken after the two candidates' final televised debate, but the full impact will not register for several days.

Obama maintains a larger advantage in the state-by-state battle that will determine the outcome of the election. Ipsos projects that Obama holds an edge in the most hotly contested states, including Florida, Virginia and Ohio, and is likely to win by a relatively comfortable margin of 332 electoral votes to 206 electoral votes.

The poll has reflected a tight race since shortly after the two candidates met for their first debate on October 3. But a substantial portion of voters remain up for grabs. Roughly 20 percent of those surveyed say they could switch their votes or have not yet made up their minds.

Among the larger pool of registered voters, Obama leads Romney 46 percent to 42 percent.

The accuracy of Reuters/Ipsos online polls are measured using a credibility interval. The survey of 1,030 likely voters has a credibility interval of 3.5 percentage points.

(This story corrects electoral vote estimate)

http://news.yahoo.co...-003822262.html

What they did not bar Reuters from polling after 2008. They finished dead last with a grade of F and 33% accuracy rating.. Your funny. You will not that Rasmussen which has had it even moved to Romney up 4 today

Overall

Poll Score Grade

Accuracy Consistency Rasmussen Reports 91% A- 92% 86% Ipsos/McClatchy 89% B+

92% 79% CNN/Opinion Research 88% B+

92% 77% Fox News 84% B

92% 61% Pew 83% B-

92% 56% GWU/Battleground 79% C+

92% 41% Diageo/Hotline 77% C+

77% 79% NBC News / Wall St. Journal 76% C

77% 75% Gallup Traditional 73% C-

77% 63% Marist 67% D+

62% 82% ABC News / Wash Post 67% D+

62% 82% IBD/TIPP 66% D

77% 34% Gallup Expanded 66% D

62% 78% CBS News / NYT 60% D-

62% 56% Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 35% F

31% 48%

Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Analysis: Most Accurate polls from 2008 presidential election | NowPublic News Coverage http://www.nowpublic.com/world/analysis-most-accurate-polls-2008-presidential-election#ixzz2AAGntzOB

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Different animal. That is a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Steven, why are you checking these things? You have already said it is a slam dunk for Obama. I'm not worried and never look at polls. Worried, Steven?

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

If we could somehow harness the power of wishful thinking we could probably do away with oil using 4-5 carefully selected threads form the this forum per day.

Edited October 23, 2012 by OnMyWayID

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Steven, why are you checking these things? You have already said it is a slam dunk for Obama. I'm not worried and never look at polls. Worried, Steven?

I'm doing a public service to all you RWN's who must prepare to face the reality of another 4 years of Obama. It will be easier to digest if you all just start accepting it now. I don't want any of you to blow a fuse the night of the election.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

If we could somehow harness the power of wishful thinking we could probably do away with oil using 4-5 carefully selected threads form the this forum per day.

If not oil, it would easily replace the output of solar power

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

If we could somehow harness the power of wishful thinking we could probably do away with oil using 4-5 carefully selected threads form the this forum per day.

Expectation is Energy

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I'm doing a public service to all you RWN's who must prepare to face the reality of another 4 years of Obama. It will be easier to digest if you all just start accepting it now. I don't want any of you to blow a fuse the night of the election.

Thank you. I wonder if you can deduct it from taxes.