Americans will tomorrow troop out to
vote to decide who they want to rule the country, between President
Barrack Obama, the incumbent who is also the candidate of the Democratic
Party and the Republican’s candidate, Governor Mitt Romney.
The
Tuesday’s presidential election in the United States can be described
as the most celeberated issue in the entire world at the moment. Both
candidates, Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney have done all they could to
maintain a lead in their individual strongholds.
Reports have
indicated that the incumbent and the candidate of the Democrats, Mr.
Barrack Obama has been maintaining a narrow lead above his opponent,
Mitt Romney in the early votes and polls conducted by media
organizations in the country during the last days to the historic
election.
The Wall Street Journal/NBC News had on Sunday released
the results of a poll which shows President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt
Romney deadlocked among likely voters with only two days remaining
before the election.
The survey shows Obama leading Romney with
48 percent support to 47 contrary to last week when the two candidates
were tied 47 percent each.
Obama’s edge is thanks in part to him
holding a slightly stronger advantage with female voters than Romney
enjoys with men. Obama leads among women 51 to 43 percent, while Romney
leads with men 51 to 44.
The poll also comes after Hurricane Sandy which battered the east coast forced both candidates form the campaign trail.
The
WSJ/NBC poll finds voters praising Obama’s handling of the natural
disaster, with nearly 7 in 10 voters approving of his performance, with
15 percent disapproving. The poll found Obama’s approval was highest in
the Northeast which faced the brunt of the storm’s fury with 75 percent
approval.
The poll mirrors other national surveys which also show a tight race.
Also,
an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Sunday showed the candidates
tied at 48 each, the same finding from a Rasmussen poll released
Saturday.
A slew of battleground polls, where the race is likely
to be decided also show a tight race. A Columbus Dispatch poll finds
Obama up 50 to 48 in the Buckeye state.
A Pennsylvania Tribune
Review poll meanwhile finds the candidates tied at 47 in the Keystone
state and a Public Policy Polling survey Saturday from Wisconsin showed
Obama up 3, at 51 to 48.
Both candidates are spending the final
two days criss-crossing the nation, hoping to rally supporters and sway
undecided in key battleground states.
Obama will still visit New Hampshire, Florida, Ohio and Colorado, with Romney stopping in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
However,
GOP nominee Mitt Romney holds a strong 6-point lead in the southern
battleground of Florida, according to a new poll released Sunday.
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.
Romney’s
numbers are down one from the same poll last month, but the survey
shows him in commanding position with two days until the election.
Florida
voters trust Romney better on the economy and say that he will look out
more for the middle class by 50 to 48 for Obama. Romney also holds a
2-point advantage on which candidate would better manage foreign policy.
Romney
is viewed more positively by voters in the state. Obama has a 42
percent favorable rating to 49 unfavorable, while Romney has a 53
favorable and 34 unfavorable split.
Romney’s advantage in Florida
is thanks to Obama’s slipping numbers with female voters. The
president holds a 2-point lead among women, down from his 14-point edge
in July.
Among independent voters, Romney is ahead 49 to 43, with 8 percent saying they are still undecided.
The
poll also finds that Romney leads on Medicare, with 52 percent saying
Obama’s policies would do more harm to the program long-term and 44
saying Romney’s proposals would.
Romney will return to Orlando on Monday to make one final pitch for the state’s votes.
Also,
a new national poll finds President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney
tied as the campaigns make their final push before election day.
The
latest ABC News/Washington Post poll released early Sunday shows the
two candidates each receiving 48 percent support from likely voters.
Both
candidates are also deadlocked among independent voters, with each
receiving 46 percent support. Romney leads by 7 points among men, while
Obama posts a 6-point advantage with female voters.
Supporters of
both candidates say they are enthusiastic for their choice, with 95
percent of Obama voters saying that about their support to 94 percent of
Romney backers.
The poll finds Obama’s job approval rating steady at 50 percent, with 48 disapproving.
Romney,
who has made the economy, a centerpiece of his attacks holds a 3-point
edge on that issue, 49-46. The president though tallies a 6-point edge
on which candidate better understands the problems Americans face, 50
percent to 44.
Both candidates are viewed net favorably by
voters, with Obama holding a 54 percent favorability rating and 45
unfavorable to Romney’s 53 favorable, 45 unfavorable.
The new
poll which comes after Hurricane Sandy forced both candidates from the
campaign trail shows that many voters are likely to weigh the
president’s handling of the natural disaster to account. Forty-nine
percent said Obama’s handling of the hurricane response would be a
factor in their vote, with 22 percent tabbing it a major factor and 27 a
minor one. Forty-nine percent said it would not factor into their
ballot decision.
The close nature of the race is also underscored by a number of swing-state polls which show many battlegrounds still a toss-up.
But
a Des Moines Register poll released late Saturday shows Obama up 5,
with 47 percent support in Iowa to Romney’s 42. A Times Bay
Tribune/Miami Herald Mason-Dixon poll shows Romney up 6 in Florida, with
51 to 45 percent support.
Speaking on the election, Mitt
Romney’s political director Rich Beeson predicted the GOP nominee will
win more than 300 electoral college votes on Election Night.
“It’s going to be a big win for Gov. Romney,” Beeson said in a statement.
Beeson
argued that Romney is pushing into Democratic-leaning states like
Pennsylvania and expanding the map, setting the stage for a big night
for the presidential contender on Tuesday.
In a swift reaction,
the Obama campaign counters that Romney is going into Pennsylvania
because he’s trailing in Ohio and needs to find an alternative to try to
make up the electoral votes.
Obama campaign strategist David
Axelrod, who bet his mustache on Obama winning Pennsylvania, said that
Team Romney’s move into Pennsylvania showed they were in “deep trouble.”
Still,
the Obama campaign also put advertising dollars into Pennsylvania, and
former President Clinton is making several stops in the state on Monday.
The
Obama campaign said that it’s beating the Romney campaign among early
voters in the battleground states, as the campaign touted the voter
contacts its get-out-the-vote operation has made.
But the Romney
campaign counters that Obama’s early-vote advantages in 2012 are smaller
than in 2008, and that Team Obama is turning out early voters who would
have come out on Election Day anyway, giving Mitt Romney an opportunity
to pull ahead with the votes cast on Nov. 6.
The fight over
early voting is much more contentious than in 2008, when Obama’s
campaign banked an early advantage en route to the president’s win.
The
Obama campaign said on a conference call with reporters that its early
voting advantage will make it difficult from Romney to catch up on
Election Day.
“Romney would have to win 65 percent of the
remaining votes in North Carolina, 59 percent in Iowa and Colorado, 58
percent in Nevada, 55 percent in Florida and Ohio, and 52 percent in
Virginia and Wisconsin,” the campaign said in the memo on early voting
released Sunday.
