The Week in Polls: New Week, New Polls, Same Results
The candidates are tied in Virginia and Florida, plus more.
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Americans Weigh In - President Obama leads Mitt Romney by four points in crucial battleground states, Associated Press poll reveals anti-Black sentiment in America, plus more national polls. –Erin E. Evans and Britt Middleton
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Four More Years? - Most voters know which presidential candidate they are supporting but that doesn't mean they're confident he'll win. In fact, 54 percent of Americans polled by Gallup predict Obama will win a second term, while just 34 percent said that Romney will prevail. (Photo: Courtesy of BarackObama.com)
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Still Tied Up - New week, new polls, same results. Polls from Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News released Oct. 31, show that Obama and Romney are in a statistical tie in Virginia and Florida, where the president leads by two points and one point, respectively. The news is better in Ohio, where he is ahead by 50 to 45 percent. (Photos from left: Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Romney Up, Romney Down - NPR’s latest poll shows Mitt Romney up one point over President Obama, at 49 to 48 percent. However, Romney trails Obama in the battleground states, which will most likely determine the election, by four percentage points. (Photos from left: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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God-Fearing Man - Nearly four years after being elected president, many Americans are still unclear about President Obama's religious affiliation. In an AP/GfK poll released on Oct. 29, 18 percent said Obama was Muslim, 35 percent said they didn't know and just 28 percent correctly said Protestant. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)
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Debate Spike - Apparently, the debates helped Mitt Romney. In a Pew Research Center poll released Oct. 30, 36 percent of those surveyed said their opinions of Romney improved after his performances. Less than 20 percent felt better about President Obama. (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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Widespread Prejudice - A revealing poll released by the Associated Press suggests that the majority of Americans (51 percent) express "explicit anti-Black attitudes," up from 48 percent taken from a similar poll in 2008. These leanings could cost President Obama 5 percentage points off his share of the popular vote against Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the AP writes. (Photo: AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM)
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Bye, Obamacare? - The latest Rasmussen Reports survey says that 54 percent of likely voters favor a repeal of President Obama’s health care law. Forty-three percent strongly favor a repeal and 30 percent strongly oppose it. (Photos from left: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Voters Get the Jump on Election Day - With just one week to go before Election Day, it appears a growing number of Americans are ahead of the game. A Gallup tracking poll released on Oct. 28 found that 15 percent of registered voters nationwide have already cast their ballots, an increase of five percent from last week. (Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)