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Electoral College: Presidential Polls Show Romney’s Chances Slipping In Crucial Ohio

Posted: October 31, 2012
Electoral College: Presidential Polls Show Romney’s Chances Slipping In Crucial Ohio

Electoral College Looks Bleak For Mitt Romney

The electoral college chances for Mitt Romney are growing more bleak as presidential polls show Barack Obama maintaining a slim but steady lead in Ohio, a state necessary for the GOP candidate to win the election.

With national presidential polls showing Romney tied or slightly leading, the state of the race appears to be a toss-up. But Obama is holding an edge in the electoral college map, leading enough swing states to put him over the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the election.

As The Huffington Post notes, new Ohio poll released on Wednesday morning  show Obama holding his lead. The presidential polls, released by CBS News, The New York Times and The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute showed Obama holding a 5 percentage point advantage over Romney in Ohio.

The HuffPost Pollster tracking model, which combines a number of polls, shows Obama holding onto a lead in Ohio of just over 2 percentage points (48.4 to 46.1 percent).

Barack Obama Holds Ohio Lead

With the electoral college likely coming down to Ohio, both candidates are putting considerable resources into the state. Mitt Romney has planned a major kick-off rally near Cincinnati on Friday, on that the Washington Post noted will be on the scale of the Republican National Convention:

“Nearly 100 governors, senators, congressmen, mayors, Olympic gold medalists and other Republican luminaries are scheduled to join Romney and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.), in a Cincinnati suburb Friday night for a huge rally designed both to inject new energy into their Ohio campaign and to launch the Republican ticket on its final, frenetic three days of barnstorming before Election Day.”

The remaining six days of the campaign will be all-or-nothing for Romney in Ohio, political experts say. Without the Buckeye State, his chances in the electoral college are incredibly slim.



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44 Archived Responses to “ Electoral College: Presidential Polls Show Romney’s Chances Slipping In Crucial Ohio ”

  1. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    The reason we don't have thousands dead here is because GOVERNMENT FUNDED scientists were able to predict the path of the hurricane A WEEK IN ADVANCE. Romney of course believes we don't need science. Obama stops his campaigning so he can watch over the disaster relief and run the country like a good president should. Romney pushes on and lines up a bunch of fake photo shoots like his boy Ryan at the soup kitchen washing clean dishes. We already know what the republican version of presidential duty is, clearing brush at the ranch for a week and THEN flying over storm damaged areas before declaring "Looks like you're doing a heck of a job Brownie". There is your republican disaster relief in a nutshell, either give the job to your crony horse trainer friend or dissolve FEMA. Romney is nothing more than a draft dodging liar. You can bet that he isn't going to invest his money in disaster recovery, unless of course it's being handled by China.

  2. if obama had responded to our emassy problem in Libya as quickly would there be 4 Americans alive today?

  3. it,s idiots like you this country is in the shape it is in

  4. Romney can't keep his word… here are his biggest flip/flops… HOW CAN ANYONE BELIEVE IN THIS GUY? http://clnk.me/1y9bQ

    also check his dark campaing supporters: http://clnk.me/1wPjQ.

    obama's are way cleaner: http://clnk.me/1x0CY.

  5. the clock is ticking and its only a matter of time before Obama is re elected you can say what you want Libya, Fast And Furious the man is going to be re elected Ifor one can not vote Tea Republican they are against everything again I can not vote for a draft dodger who is a liar.

  6. Shane Hudson
    Oct 31, 2012

    Obama wants to give power to the un. why do you want to give up your liberty to a bunch of foreigners.

  7. Shane Hudson
    Oct 31, 2012

    So you'll vote for a communist and a Marxist. Thanks for your vote.

  8. Joe N Pam Wehring-cantrell
    Oct 31, 2012

    wh is the UN wanting to send people to monitor US elections. All those who vote for Obama need to understand he wants the USA to be run by the UN. And he wants a socialist state. Those movie stars better watch out, they may get just what the ask for. No more rich movie stars as this is a socialist state.

  9. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Seth Pennington – You mean literate veterans who can actually think? Thank you!

  10. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Fitting profile picture, keep spreading that manure moron.

  11. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Nice try fool. While Obama was there with the grieving families to greet the caskets of more Americans killed by Dubya lying us into 2 wars, those same grieving families had to TELL Romney to quit politicizing their grief and loss. Obama was being a good American President, Romney is a draft dodging coward who doesn't care about America or Americans, just making a dollar off their backs.

  12. Jonathan You cannot even spell

  13. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Shane Hudson – Blah, blah, blah. Lying is all you repooplickins do, its no wonder Romney is your messiah.

  14. Seth Are you talking about yourself?

  15. Anonymous
    Oct 31, 2012

    Joseph Tolman "Brownie" as you call him was a Clinton Appointee to the head of FEMA. You call Romney a draft dodger but you leave out Clinton and Joe Biden. Biden got released from the draft after 5 deferments when he qualified for "Asthma" and yet he played football. Gov Blanco told the federal govt "We are prepared at every level and do not need Federal Assistance". The day Katrina hit she said "I believe we are prepared, thats the one thing I've always been able to brag about". later that day she applied for federal assistance. Blanco's reason for not asking before help "I felt they (The Bush Administration) was trying to show me up". The difference in Sandy is not Obama, its Gov Christie. He put aside his pride and arrogance and instead put his people first. Keep up the insults though, you are being true to form

  16. Libby Peterson
    Oct 31, 2012

    A big concern should be that in light of Sandy – the number of voters will be reduced, possibly by the thousands and this could have a huge negative impact on the re-election of President Obama. – A lot of people now in the northeast, either will not be able to get to the polls to vote, may no longer have a voting location standing , or have other issues that will keep them from voting. Unfortunately, it's usually the Democrats that crap out when it comes to voting. I remind everyone that this election is too close to not vote – please vote on 11/6. Your vote matters.

  17. Anonymous
    Oct 31, 2012

    And yet you voted for Joe Biden and Bill Clinton. Both of whom got multiple deferments and Clinton hid out in Europe. Interesting how people justify what they want to believe

  18. Anonymous
    Oct 31, 2012

    Joseph Tolman Why is Tyrone Woods father still trying to meet with the Obama administration? At Tyrone's funeral Hillary Clinton told his father "We will arrest and prosecute the man responsible for the making of this film". Yet the administration knew 2hrs after the attack that it was a pre planned co ordinated attack by a terrorist organization. Now Charles Woods wants to know why he was lied to and no one will meet with him. Guess they're just wanting to sweep it under the rug until after Obama gets in office.

  19. Shane Hudson your delusional a communist and a marxist both? I thought Obama was a socialist, your party funders the Koch Bros daddy Earl spent years with Stalin in Russia so by that I'd have to say the Republican party is run by Socialist Communists…

  20. so how are we moving to socialist, Social Security and Medicare is socialism isn't it? keep spreading the crap it may stick some decade

  21. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    mrkbrwn05 – Stop lying, douchebag, Brown was appointed as head of FEMA in 2003 by Dubya. Go back into hiding chump!

  22. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    mrkbrwn05 – More lies from a cowardly turd. Dubya and Romney were the draft dodging cowards hanging out in Europe, tool. So basically you state the exact opposite of the truth? Interesting.

  23. Robme isn't bringing this up because he realizes this could happen to any sitting President, Bush had emails that something was going to happen around 9-11 yet he ignored them, did FDR let Pearl Harbor happen? you do know the Republican House of Reps turned down a request from Obama to up the budget to ad more security to all the embassies but was turned down, Goggle it,

  24. Shane Hudson weres the proof other then some idiot on You Tube spouting off some crap like it were fact, you don't think the President wouldn't have to go thru Congress to do such a thing ???

  25. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    mrkbrwn05 – If he's a partisan hack just looking for attention he deserves to be ignored. Now Dubya ignoring Tillman's mother after he was killed by our own troops and while continuing to lie about it for political gain? That is true repooplickin style baby!

  26. Were these the same polls Obama's campaign manager said didn't mean anything?

  27. Kevin Stanfield
    Oct 31, 2012

    Jonathan, if Bush wouldn't have lied and got us into an unnecessary war there would be 4,000 americans alive today.

  28. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Kevin Stanfield – Don't forget the 150,000+ Iraqi civilians who would also still be alive.

  29. Michael Grider
    Oct 31, 2012

    Looks like a grade school debate on here…..Your all sheep! If you read the constitution and actually knew what the issues were….you wouldn't vote for either one. They are both part of the new world order who's aim is just what is going on. If we survive the next four years, and marshall law is not invoked…..Rand Paul! Just sayin!

  30. Dude, there is a distinct possibility that Obama could have protected against the attack that cost 4 people their lives. Forget he was at the funeral, if he had acted, there may very well not have been any funeral!

  31. Explain how Obama received a donation from someone in the middle-east posing as Osama Bin-Ladin.
    His donation system allows foreigners to donate to his campaign which is against the law.

  32. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Sue Kam – Blah blah blah. If its true than go arrest him moron. Its a lie, thats what I thought. Poof! Be gone!

  33. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Sue Kam – And if your mother had been smarter, you might not be here right now. Sadly, whats done is done.

  34. Are you sad because you are unable to answer my question? I would like to hear your perspective.
    What ever happened to tolerance? Why are you so conceited as to assume that you are right in every regard? Just because there are many people you can easily intimidate and override with childish nonsense doesn't mean I am one of them. You did not respond in an intelligent manner. You sidestepped the point and insulted the memory of my mother.

  35. Joseph Tolman
    Oct 31, 2012

    Sue Kam – A question usually requires a question being asked. You made a statement. If your mother is no longer with us then she doesn't have to be ashamed that you're shilling for a draft dodging liar. Peace!

  36. thomas kiss my ssa

  37. true that I never asked a question. But I never said I was for or against Obama. I said that I believe he could have tightened security thus removing incentive to attack our embassy. You assumed that my statement meant I was for Romney. Which I never said. You assumed that since I disagreed with you on this, I was pitted against you in every other regard. By leaping to an assumption with no basis, you have demonstrated the mindset that has allowed a great country to fall to its knees.
    So before you go assuming I'm just stupid or mislead because we disagree on this, think about what you say, and put reason and fact behind it.
    Good day.

  38. TOLMAN you are all wrong! obama FINALLY doing what hi is paid to do–be President! Its his JOB in a disaster to take the lead! Ronmey not President–private citizen he does as he pleases! Romney can differ with obama cause obama a joke! Vote ROMNEY!

  39. It would be great if Ohio leads to the defeat of romney. Get out and vote Ohio.

  40. Seth Pennington Romney has Romneisa he flip flops from day to day and if you don't think your part of the 47% he spoke of then you are the idiot, not Joseph Tolman.

  41. MITT ROMNEY IS A LIAR ,A MORNON NOT A TRUE CHRISTEN , HE IS ANOTHER BUSH WILL RUIN THE COUNTRY IF PRIDENT ONLY FOR THE RICH ,YOU POOR PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE HIM ,HE DONT LIKE YOU GIVE OBAMA A CHANCE ,CANNOT EXSPECT HIM TO CLEANUP IN 4YEARS AFTER BUSH MESS IT UP BE WITH HIM ,DONT BRING HIM DOWN HE IS ONLY ONE MAN AND HE NEEDS YOU PEOPLE TO HELP HIM NOT CRY HIM DOWN OKAY OBAMA FOR THE WIN

  42. Heidi is my chose for North Dakota. She is a respected leader.

  43. Theresa Cinaglia
    Nov 5, 2012

    Which is on the fast track to success, and Obama will get to see it through instead of R MONEY getting to take the credit like he did with the Olympics. Doesn't it seem odd to you that his OWN home state(MASS) is supporting Obama. This is what he will do to our country and we can't afford that. YES we ARE better than we were 4 years ago