Romney leads Obama 52% to 47% among likely voters

[Valley Oak]

https://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/election-2012-likely-voters-trial-heat-obama-romney.aspx



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Election 2012 Likely Voters Trial Heat: Obama vs. Romney


Among likely voters





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Date
Obama
Romney




10/1-7/2012
48
48




10/2-8/2012
47
49




10/3-9/2012
48
48




10/4-10/2012
47
48




10/5-11/2012
47
49




10/6-12/2012
47
49




10/7-13/2012
47
49




10/8-14/2012
47
49




10/9-15/2012
46
50




10/10-16/2012
45
51




10/11-17/2012
45
52




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SOURCE: https://www.gallup.com/ (https://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/election-2012-likely-voters-trial-heat-obama-romney.aspx)




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["Mad" Miles]

https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-vs-the-world/ (https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-vs-the-world/)

https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/oct-18-obama-gains-in-forecast-on-resiliency-in-swing-state-polls/

"One of the risks in focusing too much (https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/gallup-vs-the-world/) on the results of any one poll, like the Gallup national tracking poll, is that you may lose sight of the bigger picture.

On Thursday, that story was one of President Obama continuing to hold leads in most polls of critical states. Of the 13 polls of swing states released on Thursday, Mr. Obama held leads in 11 of them."