Electoral College opinion map weekly update

The average of 22 online Electoral College opinion maps is currently:

Obama             243    -12

Romney           196    unchanged

Tossups             99    +12

The gains for Obama in the race since three weeks ago were more than erased last week.  And although the Romney average remained unchanged, Talking Points Memo assigns him 220 votes, the first time any map has given Romney over 206 votes since these maps started to be published in 2011.

The winning candidate now has 78 days left in the campaign to capture 270 electoral votes.