Reuters: Politics: Romney takes slim lead as election nears

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Romney takes slim lead as election nears Oct 25th 2012, 01:13 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News After final debate, Obama says election comes down to trust Tue, Oct 23 2012 Obama debate win unlikely to shift race: Reuters/Ipsos poll Tue, Oct 23 2012 Obama holds narrow edge two weeks ahead of election: Reuters/Ipsos poll Tue, Oct 23 2012 Obama, Romney now tied in presidential race: Reuters/Ipsos poll Mon, Oct 22 2012 NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has Obama, Romney tied at 47 percent Sun, Oct 21 2012 Analysis & Opinion The strange disappearance of Paul Ryan Foreign policy issues rank low among voter priorities Related Topics Politics » Barack Obama » Election 2012 » Related Video 2:17pm EDT Eastwood stars in pro-Romney ad; Obama predicts debt deal in 6 months â€" Daily Trail Fighting to win the crucial state.  Slideshow  1 of 4. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada October 24, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON | Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:13pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Mitt Romney was 1 percentage point ahead of President Barack Obama in Wednesday's Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll in a presidential race that is effectively a dead heat less than two weeks before the November 6 election. In a reversal of Tuesday's results, Romney led Obama among likely voters by 47 percent to 46 percent, a statistically insignificant margin, in the four-day online tracking poll. Romney held a wider lead among independent voters, who will be crucial to winning on Election Day. Thirty-seven percent of them said they would pick the Republican if elections were held today and 31 percent chose Obama. Obama, however, had a lead of 53 percent to 42 percent among the 17 percent of the surveyed registered voters who said they had already cast their vote. Like many other polls, the rolling Reuters/Ipsos poll has shown a tight race since shortly after the two candidates met for their first debate on October 3. The two met for their third and last debate on Monday and most surveyed voters said the face-off did not change their view of either candidate. The accuracy of Reuters/Ipsos online polls are measured using a credibility interval. The credibility interval on the survey of 1,222 likely voters is 3.2 percentage points and 2.8 percentage points for the 1,621 registered voters. (Editing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Sandra Maler) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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