The Week in Polls: Obama Pulls Ahead; Romney Wins the Middle
A look at a few political and national polls from the week.
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Dead Heat - President Obama and Mitt Romney have spent a lot of time and money in Florida in an effort to win its 29 electoral votes, but the state is clearly divided. In a Tampa Bay Times Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll, 48 percent of likely voters support Obama, while 47 percent back Romney. The president also has an 11-point lead among Latino voters, a key voting bloc. (Photos from left: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Allan Tannenbaum-Pool/Getty Images)
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The New Workout Plan - Summer may be over, but plenty of Americans are still feeling the burn — in the gym, at least. In a Gallup poll published Sept. 20, 54.7 percent of people reported working out three or more days a week in August, up from 53.3 percent in 2011 and 52.3 percent in 2010. (Photo: Andersen Ross/Getty Images)
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Academic Payoff - Adults aged 25 to 54 (62 percent), college graduates (58 percent) and post-grads (60 percent) are the most likely to hold full-time jobs with an employer, according to a Gallup poll published Sept. 18. Comparatively, 34 percent of people with a high school diploma or less reported the same. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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Crisis in the Middle East - A large share of Americans (43 percent) have been following the news about recent attacks on embassies in Libya and Egypt and the killing of an American ambassador, making it the most closely followed foreign news story this year, according to a Pew poll released Sept. 17. Forty-five percent of people approve of President Obama's response, compared to 26 percent who approved of Mitt Romney's comments. (Photo: AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
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Are You Better Off? - It's a question GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has asked of voters time and time again: Are their lives better now than four years ago? In a New York Times/CBS News poll published Sept. 14, about 25 percent said their lives were better, nearly the same said their lives were worse and about half of all respondents reported their lives hadn't changed. (Photo: AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Medi-scared? - Once upon a time, voters who were 60 and older preferred Romney by 20 percentage points. Now he has a margin of less than 4 points, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The change may in part be attributed to fears over how the Republican would handle Medicare, which most seniors depend on. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A Glass Half Full - Though the race is still tight, Obama is pulling ahead of Romney nationwide. In a Politico/George Washington University Battleground Poll, the president leads Romney by 50 to 47 percent and has a job approval rating of 50 percent. Still, 48 percent disapprove of how he's handling his job. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
