Poll:  Obama ahead in battleground states but even with swing voters

 “In a smaller sample of voters living in 12 key battleground states – Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin – Obama leads Romney by three points, 49 percent to 46 percent.

That’s a narrower edge in these battlegrounds than the eight-point lead the president enjoyed in the June and July NBC/WSJ polls.

And the two presidential candidates are essentially even when it comes to the swing groups of suburban voters, Midwest residents and political independents.”

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13399788-nbcwsj-poll-heading-into-conventions-obama-has-four-point-lead
 

Wisconsin race tightening

“The race for president in Wisconsin has narrowed, with 49 percent supporting Barack Obama and 46 percent Mitt Romney, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Marquette Law School.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/wisconsin-presidential-poll_n_1822473.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Pennsylvania still leaning blue

“President Barack Obama maintains his lead in the lean-blue state with 49 percent support to Romney's 40 percent among likely voters, according to a The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll conducted this week.  In other recent statewide polls Obama's lead has ranged from 12 points to six points, but he's consistently been ahead.”

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/blog_pennsylvania_ave/mc-morning-callmuhlenberg-poll-paul-ryan-doesnt-move-race-in-pennsylvania-20120823,0,129992.story