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Monday, October 29, 2012

Romney Opens Up 7-Point Lead Over Obama, As Electoral Map Begins To Shift


Mitt Romney's national lead over President Obama grew even more Thursday, with the latest Gallup survey showing the Republican nominee up 7 points -- as polling in the battlegrounds indicates the electoral map may be shifting in Romney's favor. 

In a significant development, the RealClearPolitics electoral map, which offers predictions of which states favor which candidates, for the first time is showing Romney ahead in terms of electoral votes he is likely to win on Nov. 6. 

Obama had a big advantage over Romney for months in those projections. But in the past few weeks, states thought to favor Obama like New Hampshire and Pennsylvania were moved into the "toss-up" column. Meanwhile, RCP just moved North Carolina from "toss up" to "leans Romney." The projections -- while subject to change any time of any day -- show Romney with a likely 206 electoral votes and Obama with 201. That leaves another 131 electoral votes up for grabs in the battlegrounds. 

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We cannot relent!

Go vote - bring another registered voter with you.....

Unknown said...

The only thing I will agree on with this fellow anon. Go vote, not like it matters anyway. Our pres will be decided by our current elected officials with the Electorial College system.