Polls

A new poll shows GOP nominee Mitt Romney with a 1-point lead on President Obama, confirming a tight race with only a week to go until Election Day.

The latest NPR Battleground poll shows Romney topping the president with 49 percent support to 48 percent. The numbers show a gain for Romney from the last NPR poll, released in early October before the first debate, which gave the president a 7-point national lead.

The new poll shows Obama with a 47-45 lead among registered voters, but Romney having closed his earlier favorability gap.

The Washington Post/ABC poll shows Romney with an edge among independent voters 53-43.

With perhaps only a handful of true toss-up states left, Ohio could prove indispensable for each presidential campaign.

Romney took 51 percent support in the poll of likely voters, released Monday, compared to 46 percent for Obama.

Mitt Romney is holding to a narrow one-point lead in Florida, while President Obama has pulled into a tie in North Carolina, according to a new pair of polls released Monday.

Romney leads Obama 50-49 percent in the Sunshine State, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday. Meanwhile, a poll from Elon University shows the candidates tied at 45 percent apiece in North Carolina, despite recent evidence that the state was shading toward the Romney category. 

In almost every plausible scenario, Romney will need to carry both North Carolina and Florida to win the White House. Their combined 44 electoral votes — 29 for Florida and 15 for North Carolina — went to Obama in 2008, but recent polling has shown Romney with a slight advantage in the swing states.

A new Boston Globe poll shows Brown up 45-43, but the raced tied 47-47 when undecided voters make their choice

Mitt Romney is edging President Obama in the critical battleground state of Ohio, according to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday.

A new poll shows Mitt Romney holding the edge among voters in a key region of central Florida, which could help swing the critical battleground state.

Mitt Romney is holding on to a slim lead over President Obama in the Washington Post-ABC News national tracking poll for the third day in a row.

Released on Monday, the latest poll finds Romney leading Obama, 49 percent to 48 among likely voters, mirroring the last two daily numbers. 

On issues that have been the focus of the 2012 presidential campaign, Romney and Obama are also polling close together. The survey found Romney leading Obama on whom likely voters think would do a better job on taxes, 48 percent to 46 percent.