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8:25 AM - 30 Sep 12 · Details
Latest Swing State Polls
Here are the latest polls from the battleground states, updated as needed through the day:Iowa: Obama 49%, Romney 45% (Des Moines Register)
President Barack Obama leads Republican nominee Mitt Romney 49 percent to 45 percent in the battleground state of Iowa, a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll has found.
Iowa is familiar turf for both candidates. They each campaigned heavily here four years ago during the caucuses. This year, each candidate has visited the state half-a-dozen times or more, has sent his vice presidential running mate for repeated visits and dispatched his wife to rally support. And from April through August, the candidates and groups that support them bombarded Iowa with nearly $30 million in television ads.
From Day One, Mitt Romney’s bid for the presidency has rested on the belief that his ability to turn around faltering businesses would translate into turning around the country.
But before he has that chance, it appears the former Massachusetts governor first must turn around his own campaign.
A new Dispatch Poll shows him trailing President Barack Obama in bellwether Ohio by 9 points, 51 percent to 42 percent.
A surge of Democratic support for Obama has transformed the race since the first Dispatch Poll had the two dead-even at 45 percent just before the Republican National Convention in late August.
The survey is the fifth major poll — from The Washington Post to Fox News — of Ohio voters in a week to show the president ahead by 5 to 10 points. He also leads in surveys of most of the remaining swing states.
Obama’s rise comes at an especially fortuitous time for the Democrat: Ohioans begin casting early ballots in two days.
Thus, while Romney is counting on strong performances in a trio of presidential debates that begin Wednesday night in Denver to transform the campaign, every day that Obama leads allows the incumbent to lock in supporters — much the way he did with great success in the 2008 election.
Ohio is among some 30 states with early voting, leading many political strategists to talk about “election month” rather than Election Day. Experts say as many as 40 percent of Ohio voters will cast an absentee ballot before Nov. 6.
But before he has that chance, it appears the former Massachusetts governor first must turn around his own campaign.
A new Dispatch Poll shows him trailing President Barack Obama in bellwether Ohio by 9 points, 51 percent to 42 percent.
A surge of Democratic support for Obama has transformed the race since the first Dispatch Poll had the two dead-even at 45 percent just before the Republican National Convention in late August.
The survey is the fifth major poll — from The Washington Post to Fox News — of Ohio voters in a week to show the president ahead by 5 to 10 points. He also leads in surveys of most of the remaining swing states.
Obama’s rise comes at an especially fortuitous time for the Democrat: Ohioans begin casting early ballots in two days.
Thus, while Romney is counting on strong performances in a trio of presidential debates that begin Wednesday night in Denver to transform the campaign, every day that Obama leads allows the incumbent to lock in supporters — much the way he did with great success in the 2008 election.
Ohio is among some 30 states with early voting, leading many political strategists to talk about “election month” rather than Election Day. Experts say as many as 40 percent of Ohio voters will cast an absentee ballot before Nov. 6.
