Polls

New polls released Friday show the president and his GOP rival splitting support in two critical battleground states.

President Obama leads Mitt Romney in two key battleground states, according to new polling.

An MSNBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released Thursday evening found Obama leading Romney in Iowa, 51 to 43 percent, among likely voters. Similarly, in Wisconsin, Obama leads Romney, 51 to 45 percent, also among likely voters.

Romney leads Obama 52-45 percent among likely voters in the latest Gallup daily tracking survey.

President Obama has opened a three point lead in the crucial swing state of Florida, further evidence that the president may have halted or even reversed some of the momentum swinging in Mitt Romney's favor after his consensus win in the first presidential debate.

The survey, by Newsmax and Zogby, gave the president a 47-44 percent lead in the Sunshine State. The poll is a reversal from recent trends in the race that have showed Romney with a lead in the state; polls released earlier this week by Gravis Marketing and Public Policy Polling gave the Republican nominee a one point lead in the state.

Still, there were danger signs for the president in the the data. While 43 percent of voters said the president "deserves to be reelected," 45 percent say it is "time for someone new." Men were more likely to say it was time for a change, while more women say the president deserves reelection.

President Obama’s double-digit lead has vanished in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin, according to a Marquette University Law School poll released Wednesday.

Obama leads with 49 percent support over Romney at 48, according to the survey. The same poll from mid-September, before the first momentum-shifting presidential debate, showed Obama with a 53 to 42 percent lead over Romney.

The margin is Romney's biggest lead yet in Gallup surveys and comes less than three weeks before the election.

Mitt Romney leads President Obama nationally among likely voters, according to a new poll.

The Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by the liberal DailyKos website found Obama trailing Romney among likely voters 46 percent to 50 percent.

The findings are in contrast to a survey PPP did for DailyKos a week earlier, which found Obama trailing Romney by 2 percentage points, 49 percent to 47 percent.

The GOP candidate now trails President Obama 50 percent to 46 among likely voters in the state.

The two candidates both have 47 percent support in the battleground state.

The Obama campaign disputes USA Today/Gallup poll showing the Republican nominee with a 5-point lead in the electoral battlegrounds.