The polls earlier today from ABC were encouraging. Then this new USA Today/Gallup poll of the swing states was just released. It's bad news. It seems odd after the ABC poll showed Obama holding is lead. I really don't understand the deviation in the two polls. They are both well respected outfits. Their results are very different.
USA Today/Gallup: Romney Has 5-Point Edge In Swing States
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leads President Obama by 5 points in a Gallup poll of 12 swing states releasd Monday and commissed by USA Today. Romney gets 51 percent of likely voters and Obama sees 46 percent support in a combined sample of voters in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.Complete coverage is here: http://www.usatoday.com/..."In every poll, we've seen a major surge among women in favorability for Romney" Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told the paper about the race after the first presidential debate. "Women went into the debate actively disliking Romney, and they came out thinking he might understand their lives and might be able to get something done for them."
In the Gallup poll Romney gets a 54 percent majority of men, while Obama takes 42 percent. The two candidates split women evenly, both earning 48 percent.