Start singing the blues boys. It's happening..
http://www.examiner.com/article/late...one-week-to-go
There is a mere week until the 2012 election to determine the next President of the United States, and it is going to be a tight race. The latest Gallup poll of registered voters was released on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 and shows that Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are completely tied up at 48 percent each.
This shows that President Obama has gained support of registered voters while Governor Mitt Romney has lost his previous lead.
The latest Gallup Poll has the candidates tied with only a week until election.
Gallup polled people that are registered to vote in the upcoming election and simply asked them which candidate they favored. The poll results are include those that were undecided when asked whether they leaned more toward Obama or Romney.
The RealClearPolitics average of numerous polls has Romney sitting at 48 percent of support while Obama is at 47.1 percent.
Recent and upcoming appearances for both candidates have been canceled or rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy. Many analysts predict that this won't have much of an affect on either Romney or Obama.
According to projected numbers on PollTracker through Tuesday afternoon on Oct. 30, 2012:
President Barack Obama:
Popular Percentage: 47.4
Projected Electoral Votes: 247
Mitt Romney:
Popular Percentage: 47.9
Projected Electoral Votes: 206
270 electoral votes are needed to win the election. On Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, Romney was sitting at 206 projected electoral votes and Obama had 261.