Presidential Polls 2012: Obama Leads Romney in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York but Will Need Swing States To Decide Presidency

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (L) answers a question as U.S. President Barack Obama listens during the final U.S. presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. REUTERS/Scott Audette

With less than two weeks until the Nov. 6 elections, how is President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney fairing in the tri-state area.

The tri-state are is strongly democratic and has 51 electoral votes to offer.

In New York, Obama is leading his republican challenger by 26 points, according to RCP's average. The New York Times has the Big Apple as "solid Obama.'

New York's voter registrations deadline passed on Oct. 12. In New York, voters wishing to cast their ballot early will need to provide a valid excuse. Voters can vote early if they will be "unavoidably absent from your county on election day, unable to appear at the polls due to illness or disability, a patient in a Veterans' Administration Hospital and detained in jail awaiting Grand Jury action or confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a felony.

In New Jersey, RCP has Obama up by 11. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, Obama leads Romney 51 - 43 percent among New Jersey likely voters.

According to the poll, women support the president 55 - 39 percent, while men are divided with 48 percent for Obama and 47 percent for Romney.

New Jersey voters approve 51 - 45 percent of the job the president is doing and give him a 54 - 40 percent favorability rating. Romney got a 43 - 46 percent favorability score.

"It's still a blue state and the color didn't fade after the first presidential debate," Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said in a release. "President Barack Obama's lead among likely voters is still in the single digits. Not overwhelming, but it's enough and doesn't seem to be changing. And New Jerseyans say their minds are made up. Nine tenths of both Obama and Romney supporters say they won't switch [before the elections]."

New Jersey does not allow in-person early voting.

According to RCP average, Romney is trailing Obama by 12 points in Connecticut.

In a Quinnipiac poll, 62 percent of likely voters said Obama cares about their needs and problems while 52 percent say Romney cares.

In-person early voting is not allowed in Connecticut.