Although Gallup Tracking showed Mitt Romney with a 4 Point Lead, pretty much all National and Battleground State Polls showed more of a dead heat. Included were polls in New Hampshire (Tie) Colorado (R1), Pennsylvania (O4), Iowa (O3).
The big change however has come in the favorable ratings, where Romney now has surpassed Obama 5.4 to 5.0 in the RealClearPolitics Average. At the time of the first debate on Oct 3rd, President Obama had a +5.4 favorable rating (51.6-46.2) while Romney was -1.2 (47.0-48.2).
For the next week Romney with a negative rating until the 10th when he finally got a positive number +1, followed by the 11th +2.7, 14th +3.4, and today at +5.4. Obama meanwhile has stayed fairly steady staying between +5.0 and +5.4 the entire time.
Does this translate into more votes for Romney? It would make sense, but the National polls moved toward Romney while he was negative, but have kind of stayed steady while he has moved to a positive rating. But looking closer at the demographics, many state polls are showing that Romney is gaining with Women, Hispanics and Independents.
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