With less than two weeks left to go and just one presidential debate left, the race is now anyone's game according to certain polls.
In Ohio, where 18 electoral votes are up for grabs, Real Clear Politics has President Obama leading GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney by about 2.5 points. Their numbers comes from an average of several polls over the past week.
A survey by democratic leaning Public Policy Polling finds Obama leading 51-46 against Mitt Romney.
According to PPP, 19 percent of Ohioans say they've already cast their ballots and they report having voted for Obama by a 76-24 margin.
PPP also aid that the vice presidential debate between VP Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan may have given Obama at least a small boost as well.
"46 percent of Ohio voters think Joe Biden won it to 37 percent who believe Paul Ryan was the victor," the company said in a release. "Biden's advantage is 44/32 with independents. 62 percent of both Democrats and Republicans say they're 'very excited' to vote this fall, reversing a trend we saw in some postPresidential debate."
A SurveyUSA poll conducted for WCMH-TV in Columbus shows that Obama edges Romney 45 percent to 42 percent.
In North Carolina, where early voting started today, Real Clear Politics has Obama trailing Romney by nearly six points. Nate Silver Probability Analysis claims that Romney has an 86.1 percent chance of winning the state. Five months ago, Romney was leading Obama by just one point. North Carolina has 15 electoral votes up for grabs on Nov. 6.
In Virginia, the race to the white is totally up for grabs. According to Real Clear Politics, Romney is trailing Obama by just 0.8 points and Nate Silver Probability Analysis says that Romney has a 52.9 percent chance of winning the state. Four years ago at this time, Obama was leading his opponent by nearly nine points.
Today, it was alleged that the president's reelection campaign has given up on Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, but Obama'straveling press secretary Jen Psaki said "absolutely not."
"North Carolina has one of our best ground games in the country," Psaki said. "They've registered more voters than I think most other swing states, which is an enormous accomplishment."
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