Polls

A new poll of Iowa shows Mitt Romney opening a 1-point lead in the state, evidence that the Republican challenger could be making headway in the crucial battleground state. But two other surveys also released Thursday gave President Obama an advantage, suggesting that the Rasmussen survey favoring Romney could be an outlier — although all three of the polls suggest momentum could be shifting in the Republican nominee's favor.

The Rasmussen poll, the most favorable of the pair to the Republican presidential candidate, gave Romney a 49-48 percent advantage in the Hawkeye State. That's a 1-point improvement for Romney over a 48-48 percent split in the same poll released just over a week prior.

But Rasmussen's likely-voter screen has consistently shown a rosier picture for Romney than other surveys of the state, a trend that remained true on Thursday. A WeAskAmerica poll also released Thursday gave President Obama a 49-47 percent advantage, good for a 2-point lead in the state. But in an encouraging sign for Romney, that again represented a single-point swing in his favor from the last poll conducted by that firm in the state, a mid-October survey that gave the president a 49-46 percent advantage.

The latest round of swing-state polls show a number of battlegrounds remain a toss-up.

Independents favored Romney by 7 points, and those "extremely" interested in the race backed the GOP nominee, 53-42.

A majority of likely voters see President Obama's response to Hurricane Sandy in a positive light, according to a new poll.

The ABC News/Washington Post poll, which conducted interviews about the storm on Tuesday before being released on Wednesday, found 78 percent of likely voters viewed Obama's response positively, while just 8 percent viewed his response negatively. About 15 percent said they have no opinion.

President Obama and Mitt Romney are tied in the critical battleground state of North Carolina, according to a survey from Public Policy Polling released Wednesday.

Though Gallup's poll of likely voters finds more support for Romney, more voters think Obama will win.

A new poll shows GOP nominee Mitt Romney cutting into President Obama’s lead in Pennsylvania.

The latest Franklin & Marshall College poll shows Obama with 49 percent support among likely voters to Romney at 45. Obama enjoyed a 9-point lead in the same poll taken last month.

A new poll shows President Obama holding 5-point leads in the Midwestern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Iowa.

The latest surveys from Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling (PPP) show Obama leading GOP challenger Mitt Romney in Iowa by 50 percent to 45 among likely voters. That figure is a 3-point bump for the president from the same poll last week.

Obama also has a wide lead among those who have already voted, with a 64-35 percent edge in Iowa.

In Wisconsin, Obama is ahead 51-46. Those numbers show a slight slip for Romney, who trailed 51-45 last week.

President Obama is leading in Michigan but GOP nominee Mitt Romney is closing the gap with just days left before the election, according to a Detroit News survey released late Tuesday.

The Quinnipiac poll shows Obama up 50-45 in Ohio, 48-47 in Florida and 49-47 in Virginia.