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Obama vs. Romney: Latest poll results

September 18, 2012 @ 6:35 am (Updated: 9:01 am - 9/18/12 )

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Seven weeks from today we will be electing a president, and the national polls have tightened a bit. (AP Photo)

Seven weeks from today we will be electing a president, and the national polls have tightened a bit, with Barack Obama's post-Convention bounce of 5 to 7 percentage points shrinking this past week to about a 3 per cent lead over Romney.

As for the 10 key battle ground states, one, Michigan, has moved into the "leans Obama" category this week.

Real Clear Politics, which averages all the latest polls, has the probable electoral breakdown at the moment as this (and remember you need 270 electoral college votes to win):

Obama: 237
Romney: 191

That leaves nine battleground states with 110 electoral votes still considered a toss-up.

Perhaps most significantly, Obama maintains slim leads in the key toss-up states of Ohio, Florida and Virginia.

Most all of these polls do not take into account the latest Middle East protests.

The Pew Research Center did do a poll strictly about that and Romney seems to have been hurt by it: 48 percent of people polled disapproved of Romney's comments immediately following the attack, 26 percent approving.

The president's numbers were better: 45 percent approving, 36 percent disapproving.

There's a general sense that Romney is lagging behind, and some sniping within the Romney campaign has been surfacing, especially in a long Politico article.

Politico has a long article detailing a lot of the frustrations many staffers have with the way the campaign has gone so far, primarily blaming top strategist Stuart Stevens for a number of missteps including Romney's convention speech, Clint Eastwood's last minute impromptu talk with a chair and the hastily called press conference about the Libya attacks.

There's backbiting and infighting in every political campaign but when it leaks out into the press that's usually a sign the campaign's in some real trouble.

There has also been speculation that the GOP Super Pacs might be considering shifting their resources away from Romney and toward the Senate and House races. Karl Rove's Super Pac American Crossroads has for instance pulled out of Michigan. But an American Crossroads rep says that we're still a long way from pulling the plug on the presidential race. In all the states Romney has to win, this rep says he's still within the margin of error.

By TOM TANGNEY

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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Carter leading Reagan ahead of debates
    September 18, 2012 2:32 pm
    I'm more worried now about what's going to happen in the world prior to January 1 than after November 7. The Obama Administration has totally crapped the bed on foreign policy and leadership!
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Rangerhawk - remember that Afghanistan is right next to Iran
    September 18, 2012 4:34 pm
    Just an observation.
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  • MittensRomney wrote...
    Dont get your hopes up Obozo!
    September 18, 2012 2:40 pm
    Part of that number includes immigrants who are only going to vote Obozo because he is black! Part of that number will vote Obozo only because they are white and wish they are black. Part of that number will vote Obozo simply because they hate America and think I owe them something for being suspenseful! I owe them nothing! Not a dime because they are not voting for me!
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    @ red nose mittens.
    September 18, 2012 4:37 pm
    If that's you, CH, you're almost getting funny. But be careful - you might accidently parody something truthful.
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  • SeattleNative wrote...
    If Obama is elected for a second term...
    September 18, 2012 2:45 pm
    ...just think about the mess he'll inherit THIS time!
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  • BarnDerk wrote...
    Romneys comments
    September 18, 2012 2:50 pm
    I don't think Romneys comments on the 47% hurt him at all, I think they really helped him. Regular people are hung up and nitpicking on the percentage. Normal people, who are scarce here, hear the tone and the intent of the message that too many people receiving benefits in relation to those paying for them will not work very long. People know that it makes sense and are leaning toward sensible. We will need to make the hard decisions while they are still Ours to make. If/when? We fall off the cliff who will be making the decisions for us. Who will own us if we cannot pay our own way?
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    SeattleNative: "If Obama is elected for a second term......just think about the mess he'll inherit THIS time!"
    September 18, 2012 3:22 pm
    So does that also mean you RWNJ's won't be allowed to talk about Obama's first four years, since we lefties can't talk about Bush's mess?

    Yeah, didn't think so. You guys still rant about Clinton, after all.

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    hayduke
    September 18, 2012 4:19 pm
    That's all you Left wing Parrots EVER do is blame Bush for all your Dear Leaders screw ups!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Cbrew
    September 18, 2012 4:07 pm
    The ObamaEconomy, (you remember that? We Americans haven't!), has clinched the American vote for Romney. Want some more examples? Sure! How about the Obama War on woman, the Chick fil A incident, The Obama war on religion, IE Obama's support for Homosexual unions as marriage. ObamaCare. Obama's DISASTROUS Middle east policies? NO Cbrew! We Americans have NOT FORGOTTEN. And we will remember this November the 6th. So PLEASE post all your Nonsense you want about how Obama will be re immaculated. It makes for interesting reading!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Someone pointed this out.
    September 18, 2012 4:13 pm
    After the elections when Obama is defeated, what will this regime and it's man child Dear Leader do for revenge? He cannot see losing to us unwashed Bible toting clinging to our guns masses! And once that reality hits, Oh boy! There will be H E double toothpicks to pay!
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  • 333 wrote...
    Wow
    September 18, 2012 4:22 pm
    just read these comments. When did the Republican party go wacko??
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Wacko? No 333. Not quite.
    September 18, 2012 4:49 pm
    It is the insanity of your Dear Leaders party that requires all of our attention. And we will maintain that attention until November when Romney will be know as President elect Romney! Even then it is not over. Only until Obama is out of the White House can we American effect any real change. And you 333 and the rest of you Parrots know this to be the case!
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