President Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney are tied at 47 percent each, in terms of support amongst voters, with just two weeks from Election Day.
David Axelrod, the campaign manager for Obama, who appeared on an NBC program, presents a different point-of-view, in saying, “If you look at the early voting going on in the country, it’s very robust and it’s very favorable to us. And we think that’s a better indicator than these public polls, which are frankly all over the, all over the map.”
This nationwide poll was conducted by the Wall Street Journal/ NBC and reiterates the fact that this election is going right down to the wire. Yet what is also apparent is that Romney at 47% suggests that he’s in a much better position than the President who also enjoys the same amount of support.
Another interesting observation is that the President’s lead amongst women, which stands at 51 percent to 43 percent, is the smallest ever lead as opposed to these numbers throughout the year.
Experts believe that the reason for the closing gap is due to the indecision of Americans over whether they should Obama more time to fix the economy or choose Romney who has a track record as a former business executive and says that he knows how to create new jobs.
Consisting of 816 likely voters and 1000 registered voters, this poll was conducted on October 17-20 and shows, just as Rob Portman, who helped Romney with his debate prep, put it that the “trend is in our direction”.
Another poll conducted by Reuters/ Ipsos earlier showed that Obama’s lead was now dwindling at 46 percent to Romney’s 45 percent.